“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?”
Freedom
“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.”
WarAll Quotes by King Abdullah II
“If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.”
Future“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.”
Family“The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.”
Future“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.”
Peace“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.”
War“Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.”
Fear“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.”
Education“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.”
Government“We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.”
Hope“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.”
History“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.”
Success“I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.”
Hope“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.”
Future“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?”
Age“Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.”
Peace“If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.”
Intelligence“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.”
Courage“You're always going to have extremists in every religion.”
Religion“At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism.”
Hope