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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.

Abdullah II

And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you’re appointed by the king, they don’t feel that they’re responsible for the people.
ABDULLAH II

Appointed Front Official People Responsibility Responsible Time Today
I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction.
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Good Life Million Moving New People Position Responsibility
I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
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Class Democracy People Police Pressure Security Success Thinking
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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Hand Inherited Monarchy Same Son
I like to look at the glass half full.
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Full Glass Half Looks
At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
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Defeat Hope Iraq Stability Terrorism
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.
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Lessons War Winning
You’re always going to have terrorism.
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Alaways Going Terrorism
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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Class Coming Democratic Exploiting Middle People Process Stronger
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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Around Ballot Box Elected Government Hard Need Work
I believe strongly in the rights of women… my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, my wife is a woman.
ABDULLAH II

Believe Daughter Mother Right Sister Wife Woman
There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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Change Idea Resistance
If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
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Conflict Intelligence Look Military National Position
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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Country Destabilize Envelope Plot Sector Trying Zionist
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.
ABDULLAH II

Challenge Defense Education Health Learning Political Thinking
My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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End never People Use View Violence Well

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