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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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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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.
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Ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children’s?
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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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Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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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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At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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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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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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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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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction.
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