If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
ABDULLAH IIThe Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the market place t
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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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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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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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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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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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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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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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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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Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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