Abdallah II Quotes

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• 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. 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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  Moving, Responsibility, People

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• It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.

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  Underestimate, Dangerous

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• Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.

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  Real, Believe, Together We Can

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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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  Believe, People, Killing

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• I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.

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  East, Culture, West

  "Learning How To Be King". Interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, www.nytimes.com. February 6, 2000.

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• You're always going to have extremists in every religion.

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  Extremist

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• My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.

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  Views, People, Use

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• Don't take 'no' for an answer.

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  Answers

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• The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.

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  Hands, Jordan, Palestinian

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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, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.

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  Men, Israel, Asking Why

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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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  Hard Work, Government, Needs

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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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  Children, Waste, Action

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• 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.

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  Daughter, Mother, Believe

  "Transcript: Saudi King Abdullah Talks to Barbara Walters". abcnews.go.com. October 14, 2005.

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• There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East. Is Israel going to continue to be "Fortress Israel"? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony. 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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  Country, Spring, Moving Forward

  Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. September 22, 2011.

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• Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.

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  Scare, Weapons, Chemicals

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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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  Loss, Past, Years

  Abdallah II's Speech at the Mideast summit in Aqaba, Jordan, edition.cnn.com. June 4, 2003.

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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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  Son, Hands, My Son

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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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  Country, Thinking, Israel

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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. ... 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. Because today, if you're appointed by the king, they don't feel that they're responsible for the people. 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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  Kings, Responsibility, Hard Work

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• Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction. The global system they hope to create is one of new walls and new isolation, and radically smaller horizons. It is an anti-democratic, anti-economic-growth, and anti-progress agenda.

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  Wall, Diversity, Growth

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• I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. 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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  Thinking, Class, People

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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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  Evil, World, Able

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• We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.

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  Thinking, People, Brotherhood

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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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  Running, Military, Pieces

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• Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.

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  Waiting, Bombs, Jerusalem

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