When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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More Abdullah II Quotes
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If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
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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. … There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king.
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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what’s going on.
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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.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes – a virtuous cycle of change.
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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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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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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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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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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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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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I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
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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 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.
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