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.
ABDULLAH IIIt’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 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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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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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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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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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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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.
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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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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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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. … There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.
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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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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
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