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• The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.

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  Writing, Hands, World

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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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  Country, Israel, Years

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• Political development should start at the grassroots.

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  Political, Development, Grassroots

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• Our response has been, "Well, let's then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table." That hasn't happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.

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  Effort, Tables, Blame

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

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• Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?

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  Birthday, Issues, People

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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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  War, Winning, Lessons

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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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  Spring, Thinking, Years

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• There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.

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  Different, Syria

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• I'm easily entertained.

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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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  Moving Forward, Class, Years

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

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  Three, Looks, Jerusalem

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• 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.

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  Believe, Moving, Israel

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• 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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  Spring, Emotional, Issues

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• 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.

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  Moving, Ambition, Israel

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

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• Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.

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  Iran, Talking, Play

  "Paper: Jordan's King Abdullah II Wants Nuclear Program". www.foxnews.com. January 19, 2007.

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• I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.

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  Country, Thinking, Sweat

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• The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan.

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  Life, Country, Brave

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• 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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  Military, Looks, Conflict

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• I think it's almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.

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  Thinking, Middle East, Experts

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• Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.

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  Dream, Design, Occupation

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

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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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  Country, Peaceful, Energy

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• I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what's going on.

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  Believe, Energy, Nuclear

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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.

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  Iraq, The End Of The Day, Want

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• Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.

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  Wikileaks, Administration, Helping

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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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  Thinking, Political, Challenges

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