black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.

Abdullah II

It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
ABDULLAH II

Burden Courage Done Need See Wisdom
When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
ABDULLAH II

Lessons War Winning
I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
ABDULLAH II

Afford Middle East Thinking War
I’m easily entertained.
ABDULLAH II

Easily Entertained Fun One Liner
My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
ABDULLAH II

End never People Use View Violence Well
That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
ABDULLAH II

Frustration Hungry Job Political Sphere Translate
There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
ABDULLAH II

Change Idea Resistance
When there’s a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
ABDULLAH II

Confrontation Everybody Military Piece Running Shake Sort Status
The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
ABDULLAH II

Break Country Future Giving Incentive Make
Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
ABDULLAH II

Chemical Everybody Scare Something Weapon
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.
ABDULLAH II

Believe Continue Hope Israel Moving Neighborhood
The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan.
ABDULLAH II

Brave Country Defending Faith Jordan Life Pilot
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
I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
ABDULLAH II

Class Democracy People Police Pressure Security Success Thinking
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.
ABDULLAH II

Class Coming Democratic Exploiting Middle People Process Stronger
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.
ABDULLAH II

Believe Energy Exactly Jordan Nuclear Partnership

Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Abdullah II Quotes