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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.

Abdullah II

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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Global Intellectual Justice Meaningless Satisfaction Target
I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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Benefited Both Culture East Societies West
Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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Imperative Jordan Peace Strategic
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.
ABDULLAH II

Create Democratic Global Hope Horizon Isolation New Radically Smaller System Wall
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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King Official People Responsibility Tendency
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.
ABDULLAH II

Annihilation Design Destruction Dream Occupation
There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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Different Many Societies Sub Syria
The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
ABDULLAH II

Break Country Future Giving Incentive Make
Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope.
ABDULLAH II

Confrontation Consequences Costly Destruction Loss Past Road Year
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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Conflict Intelligence Look Military National Position
I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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Afford Middle East Thinking War
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.
ABDULLAH II

Blowing Demolition Home Moving Need Palestinian
The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
ABDULLAH II

Hand Inherited Monarchy Same Son
Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
ABDULLAH II

Administration Confidence Conversation Helping Wikileaks
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.
ABDULLAH II

Back Good Humanity Look Spring Thinking Year
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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Around Ballot Box Elected Government Hard Need Work

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