All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
ABDULLAH III’m just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it’s very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you’re appointed by the king, they don’t feel that they’re responsible for the people.
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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children’s children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.
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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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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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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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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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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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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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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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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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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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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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