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.
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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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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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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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.
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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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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 like to look at the glass half full.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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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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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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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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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.
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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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