You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
ABDULLAH III 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.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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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 hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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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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It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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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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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don’t know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.
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Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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