The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
ABDULLAH IIThe stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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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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We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children’s children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.
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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?
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,
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The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.
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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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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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