The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
ABDULLAH IIDon’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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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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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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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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I think it’s almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.
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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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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what’s going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.
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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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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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The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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