Quote

You're always going to have terrorism.

Abdallah II

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Abdallah II
Always
Terrorism
Going

More quotes by Abdallah II

Image
I think it's almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.
Abdallah II
Image
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.
Abdallah II
Image
We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children's children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.
Abdallah II
Image
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.
Abdallah II
Image
I'm not the type of person that is forced.
Abdallah II
Image
We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
Abdallah II
Image
I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
Abdallah II
Image
I believe strongly in the rights of women... my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, my wife is a woman.
Abdallah II
Image
Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
Abdallah II
Image
Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
Abdallah II
Image
I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
Abdallah II
Image
I like to look at the glass half full.
Abdallah II
Image
When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
Abdallah II
Image
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.
Abdallah II
Image
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.
Abdallah II
Image
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.
Abdallah II
Image
I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what's going on.
Abdallah II
Image
I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
Abdallah II
Image
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.
Abdallah II
Image
I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
Abdallah II