The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
ABDULLAH IIThe 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.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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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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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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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.
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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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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what’s going on.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future.
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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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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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All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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