black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.

Abdullah II

When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
ABDULLAH II

Lessons War Winning
Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?
ABDULLAH II

Birthday Creative Issue Mind People Urgent
For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don’t know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.
ABDULLAH II

Challenge Defense Education Health Learning Political Thinking
When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
ABDULLAH II

Better Democracy Eager Hope Need Opportunity People Want
My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
ABDULLAH II

End never People Use View Violence Well
Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
ABDULLAH II

Iran Palestinian Play Result Table Talking
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.
ABDULLAH II

Challenge Economic Emotional Issue Rate Spring Unemployment
The Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the market place t
ABDULLAH II

Frustration History Jobs Largest People Unemployment Youth
The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
ABDULLAH II

Future Hand New Own World Writing
It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
ABDULLAH II

Burden Courage Done Need See Wisdom
I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
ABDULLAH II

Afford Middle East Thinking War
I believe strongly in the rights of women… my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, my wife is a woman.
ABDULLAH II

Believe Daughter Mother Right Sister Wife Woman
I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
ABDULLAH II

Beacon Jerusalem Look Monotheistic Religion Three
I think it’s almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.
ABDULLAH II

Expert Impossible Predict Rapid Thinking
There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
ABDULLAH II

Different Many Societies Sub Syria
We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
ABDULLAH II

Able Evil Rid Terrorism World

You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Abdullah II Quotes