black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.

Abdullah II

At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
ABDULLAH II

Defeat Hope Iraq Stability Terrorism
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.
ABDULLAH II

Action Children Dictate Future Mindedness Narrow Right Waste
My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
ABDULLAH II

End never People Use View Violence Well
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 II

King Official People Responsibility Tendency
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.
ABDULLAH II

Ball Burden Descendant Leadership Muhammad Prophet Responsibility Year
I like to look at the glass half full.
ABDULLAH II

Full Glass Half Looks
Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
ABDULLAH II

Advantage Always Crisis Situation
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.
ABDULLAH II

Create Democratic Global Hope Horizon Isolation New Radically Smaller System Wall
What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
ABDULLAH II

Keep Night Poverty Unemployment
Political development should start at the grassroots.
ABDULLAH II

Development Grassroot Political Start
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.
ABDULLAH II

Around Ballot Elected Government Hard Need Next Time Work
I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
ABDULLAH II

Country Energy None Nuclear Peaceful
I’m easily entertained.
ABDULLAH II

Easily Entertained Fun One Liner
The Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the market place t
ABDULLAH II

Frustration History Jobs Largest People Unemployment Youth
Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
ABDULLAH II

Administration Confidence Conversation Helping Wikileaks
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.
ABDULLAH II

Better Democracy Eager Hope Need Opportunity People Want

I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Abdullah II Quotes