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.
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More Abdullah II Quotes
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Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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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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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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Our response has been, “Well, let’s then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.” That hasn’t happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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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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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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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 monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
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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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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.
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