At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
ABDULLAH IIWhenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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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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 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 terrorism.
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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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Mr. President, prime ministers, let us have ambitions: ambitions to move beyond the violence and occupation, to the day when two states, Palestine and Israel, can live together side by side in peace and security.
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I’m just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it’s very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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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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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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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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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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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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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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