Abdallah II

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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… Answer
• 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… Accepted
• No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical… Arab
• 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… Able
• Political development should start at the grassroots. Development
• 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… Aid
• What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment. Inspirational
• The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country. Break
• Remember you don't do anything in isolation. Inspirational
• We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices. Always Hope
• We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world. Able
• Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily. Administration
• 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… Ball
• 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… Challenge
• 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… Any
• If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests. American
• The Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the… Any
• 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… Behind
• 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… Able
• 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… All
• 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,… Action
• 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… Agenda

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