Quote

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.

Abdallah II

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Abdallah II
Two
Move
Ambitions
Together
Side
Palestine
States
Security
Occupation
Live
Violence
Ministers
Sides
Prime
Peace
Israel
President
Ambition
Moving
Beyond

More quotes by Abdallah II

Image
We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
Abdallah II
Image
Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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
The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
Abdallah II
Image
I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
Abdallah II
Image
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.
Abdallah II
Image
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.
Abdallah II
Image
Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what's going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.
Abdallah II
Image
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.
Abdallah II
Image
Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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
Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
Abdallah II
Image
My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
Abdallah II
Image
If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
Abdallah II
Image
It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
Abdallah II
Image
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?
Abdallah II
Image
Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
Abdallah II
Image
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.
Abdallah II
Image
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.
Abdallah II
Image
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.
Abdallah II