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I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.

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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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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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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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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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I'm easily entertained.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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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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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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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 one of new walls and new isolation, and radically smaller horizons. It is an anti-democratic, anti-economic-growth, and anti-progress agenda.
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Together, we can create a world in which peace is real in which every human being can thrive in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
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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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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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At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism.
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Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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You're always going to have terrorism.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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