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"The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country."
--- Abdallah II
#Youth #Incentives #Break
"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."
--- Abdallah II
#Division #Economic Growth #Tolerate
"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?"
--- Abdallah II
#60th Birthday #People #Creative
"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."
--- Abdallah II
#Action #Enough #Our Children
"Don't take 'no' for an answer."
--- Abdallah II
#Answers
"I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West."
--- Abdallah II
#West #East And West #Culture
"If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process."
--- Abdallah II
#Democratic Process #Process #Democratic
"We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices."
--- Abdallah II
#People #Make The Right Choice #Humanity
"Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan."
--- Abdallah II
#Imperatives #Israel #Jordan
"You're always going to have terrorism."
--- Abdallah II
#Terrorism
"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."
--- Abdallah II
#Thinking #Spectrum #Challenges
"The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands."
--- Abdallah II
#World #Writing #New Future
"I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction."
--- Abdallah II
#Conform #Regulation #Believe
"I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy."
--- Abdallah II
#Middle East #Nuclear Reactors #Energy
"If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests."
--- Abdallah II
#Conflict #Israeli #Military Intelligence
"Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with."
--- Abdallah II
#Brotherhood #Democracy #Party
"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."
--- Abdallah II
#Hamas #Play #Issues
"I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is."
--- Abdallah II
#Difficult #Military Operations #Operations
"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."
--- Abdallah II
#Done #Way #I Believe
"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."
--- Abdallah II
#People #Thinking #Security
"The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan."
--- Abdallah II
#Brave #Life #Jordan
"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."
--- Abdallah II
#People #Done #Burden
"The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis."
--- Abdallah II
#Security #Hand In Hand #Jordan
"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."
--- Abdallah II
#Ballots #Next Time #Boxes
"It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift."
--- Abdallah II
#Prophet #Direct #Shoulders
"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."
--- Abdallah II
#Realizing #Occupation #Annihilation
"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."
--- Abdallah II
#Thinking #Initials #Sweat And Tears
"Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off."
--- Abdallah II
#Time Bomb #Waiting #Jerusalem
"Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered."
--- Abdallah II
#Human Knowledge #Reality #Globes
"You're always going to have extremists in every religion."
--- Abdallah II
#Extremist

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