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.
ABDULLAH III like to look at the glass half full.
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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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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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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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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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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction.
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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’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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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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There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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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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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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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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