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Abdullah II

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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Ball Burden Descendant Leadership Muhammad Prophet Responsibility Year
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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Believe Daughter Mother Right Sister Wife Woman
I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.
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Believe Country International Moving Personally Regulation
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
The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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Future Hand Jordan Palestinian Security
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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Birthday Creative Issue Mind People Urgent
Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
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Iran Palestinian Play Result Table Talking
At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
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Defeat Hope Iraq Stability Terrorism
My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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End never People Use View Violence Well
The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. … There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king.
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Hard Kings Monarchy Official Responsibility Son Tendency Work
You’re always going to have terrorism.
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Alaways Going Terrorism
All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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Achieve Jordan Need Pledge Stop
Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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Administration Confidence Conversation Helping Wikileaks
Political development should start at the grassroots.
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Development Grassroot Political Start
When we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot to sort of destabilize our country, or this is an American agenda.
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Country Destabilize Envelope Plot Sector Trying Zionist
What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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Keep Night Poverty Unemployment

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