King Hussein I

I am ever mindful of the legacy of my grandfather, the founder of this Kingdom, who had said to me that he…

— King Hussein I

Real victories are those that protect human life, not those that result from its destruction or emerge from its ashes.

— King Hussein I

I have said this in the past and I will continue to repeat it as long as I live: Whoever tries to…

— King Hussein I

Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road to social development more than…

— King Hussein I

Fundamentalism as it is called is not confined to the Muslim world. It is something that we have seen in different parts…

— King Hussein I

We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising…

— King Hussein I

All what we hope for is that a day will come, when we have all gone, when people will say that this…

— King Hussein I

Under the auspices of peace, our comprehensive renaissance will be built, and it will be a model for those who wish to…

— King Hussein I

We belong to the camp of peace. We believe in peace. We believe that our one God wishes us to live in…

— King Hussein I

What does a man seek in this world? A position, or a throne? Man seeks peace of mind and the fear of…

— King Hussein I

Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the…

— King Hussein I

In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has…

— King Hussein I

It should not be strange that the values cherished by all the three major religions are the same, since they originate from…

— King Hussein I

It would behoove the world to become used to this fact: that without a just solution to the Palestine tragedy, there can…

— King Hussein I

The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty,…

— King Hussein I

It is not enough to tackle the mechanics of terror organizations. We must also tackle the situations that create terrorists. We desperately…

— King Hussein I

Our religion does not discriminate according to color, sex or anything else. What counts is piety and faith.

— King Hussein I

For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are…

— King Hussein I

The absence and suppression of justice can only open the way for extremists to exploit such a condition to perpetrate acts of…

— King Hussein I

Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security…

— King Hussein I

We oppose occupation of land by force and we believe in dialogue as the method for regaining Arab rights. This is the…

— King Hussein I

I am totally against the idea that a Muslim woman should not have the same opportunities as a Muslim man to learn,…

— King Hussein I

Personality is reduced and deformed with depleted thoughts and stagnant mind.

— King Hussein I

I have found in my experience that expediency, whether it is practical or not, is an unreliable guide for behavior. Human behavior…

— King Hussein I

God willing, we shall come to a stage where the world looks at the Palestinian question, and Palestinian rights on Palestinian national…

— King Hussein I