Political development should start at the grassroots.
ABDULLAH IIIf everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.
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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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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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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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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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There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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Earth’s dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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