I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
ABDULLAH IIThat frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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It’s a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I’m not going to drop the ball on my shift.
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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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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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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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I believe strongly in the rights of women… my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, my wife is a woman.
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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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Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
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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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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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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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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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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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