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.
ABDULLAH IIDon’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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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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Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope.
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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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Ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children’s?
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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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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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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what’s going on.
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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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No matter what’s happening in the Middle East – the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment – the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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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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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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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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And no matter what’s happening in the Middle East – the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment – the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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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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The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
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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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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan.
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