Abdullah II of Jordan Quotes
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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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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Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what's going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.
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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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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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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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I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
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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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You're always going to have terrorism.
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Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward.
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The more I support with my economic plans the building of a middle class, the quicker they're going to turn around and say, 'Hey, we want a bigger say in things.' So, I knew what I was getting into right at the beginning. It's the right thing to do.
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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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I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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Nobody scares me.
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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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Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future. All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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You're always going to have extremists in every religion.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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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. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism.