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The Arab World is writing a new future the pen is in our own hands.

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I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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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.
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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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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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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan.
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Remember you don't do anything in isolation.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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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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We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.
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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.
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The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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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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Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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