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.
ABDULLAH IIBlowing 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.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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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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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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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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Is Israel going to continue to be “Fortress Israel”? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.
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Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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I’m easily entertained.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children’s children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.
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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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I think it’s almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.
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