Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
ABDULLAH IIEarth’s dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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When there’s a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan.
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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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And no matter what’s happening in the Middle East – the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment – the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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When we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot to sort of destabilize our country, or this is an American agenda.
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Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
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