My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
ABDULLAH III think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work — because if they don’t, they won’t be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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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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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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The global system they hope to create is one of new walls and new isolation, and radically smaller horizons. It is an anti-democratic, anti-economic-growth, and anti-progress agenda.
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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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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.
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The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it’s two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it’s a good thing.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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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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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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