Quotes by Abdullah Ii Of Jordan - Page 2

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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Blame
Crisis
Response
Israelis
Palestinians
Table
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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.
Abdullah Ii Of Jordan /
Arab Spring
Challenges
Critical
East
Emotional
Matter
Middle
Middle East
Spring
Unemployment
Arab
High
Happening
Israeli-Palestinian
Rates
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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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Achieve
Humanity
Urgent
Badly
Fail
Minds
So Many People
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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.
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Leadership
Burden
Descendants
Direct
Muhammad
Prophet
Tremendous
Drop
Shift
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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Disappointed
Nations
Ready
All Nations
Time Hope Opportunity
Eager
Every Time
Hopes
Hope Time Opportunity
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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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Ambition
Israel
Ministers
Occupation
Palestine
President
Security
States
Violence
Beyond
Side
Mr
Let Us
Move
Prime Ministers
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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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Hamas
Iran
Palestinian
Strange
Seat
Palestinians
Table
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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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Defense
Political Spectrum
Spectrum
Education Health Political
Challenge
Leaning
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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.
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Conform
International
Nuclear
Program
Right Direction
Bodies
Check
Direction
Personally
Regulations
Regulatory
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Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future. All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
Abdullah Ii Of Jordan /
Achieve
Jordan
Pledge
Blowing
Buses
Homes
Induce
Israelis
Move Forward
Neither
Palestinians
Utmost
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The more I support with my economic plans the building of a middle class, the quicker they're going to turn around and say, 'Hey, we want a bigger say in things.' So, I knew what I was getting into right at the beginning. It's the right thing to do.
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Bigger
Hey
Middle Class
Plans
Right Thing
Quicker
The Right Thing
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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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Asking
Immense
Israel
Pressure
Standing
Benefit
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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 market place that frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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East
Frustration
Hungry
Middle East
Translate
Unemployment
Youth
History Political World
Largest
Percentage
Region
Sphere
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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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Courage
Annihilation
Coexistence
Destruction
Occupation
Our Dreams
Prime Minister
Sharon
Begin
Seek
Minister
Urge
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's?
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Painful
Priceless
Return
Why Not
Compromises
Gifts
Negotiations
Provide
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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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Democratic
Democratic Process
Middle Class
Police
Stronger
Worry
Broad
Exploiting
Presence
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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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Arab World
Connections
Israeli
Occasions
Sat
Time Work World
Arab
Work Time World
Israelis
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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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Capable
Middle Class
Reform
Stronger
Ten
Effective
Move Forward
Quicker
Table
Ten Years
Ten Years Ago
Vibrant
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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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Courage
Wisdom
Burden
New Life
Position
Responsibility
Life Wisdom Good
Life Courage Good
Life Wisdom Courage
Direction
Million
Million People
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And as an American colleague said to me several months ago, he said, 'I think the challenge in Jordan - and, again, this is for the rest of the Middle East - we need to define what center is. And once we can define what center is to a Jordanian, then we can decide what's left and what's right of that.
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East
Jordan
Middle East
Center
Colleague
Define
Several
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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.
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Another Way
Arab World
Brotherhood
Jordan
Monarchy
Arab
Center
Contend
Leads
Muslim
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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.
Abdullah Ii Of Jordan /
Confrontation
Destruction
Innocent
Loss
Tangible
Weeks
Costly
Ground
Past Few Years
Precious
Precious Gift
Renewed
Shown
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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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Arab World
Blood
Defining
Instability
Nervous
Sweat
Tears
Arab
Defining Moment
Extremely
Initial
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