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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.

Abdullah II

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
Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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Bombs Fear Jerusalem Time Waiting
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.
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King Official People Responsibility Tendency
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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Action Children Dictate Future Mindedness Narrow Right Waste
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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Build Children Compromise Negotiation Offering Peace Success View
Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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Destruction Diversity Extremist Growth Power Seek Wall
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
I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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Afford Middle East Thinking War
Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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Advantage Always Crisis Situation
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 look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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Beacon Jerusalem Look Monotheistic Religion Three
There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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Country East Forward Middle Moving Spring
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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Good Life Million Moving New People Position Responsibility
We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Brotherhood Democracy Example People Thinking World
There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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Different Many Societies Sub Syria
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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Cycle Event Process Success Successful View Virtuous

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