75 Quotes by Abdullah II of Jordan

"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."

"The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing."

"Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off."

"Is Israel going to continue to be 'Fortress Israel'? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony."

"I don't think the Middle East could afford another war."

"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."

"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."

"Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan."

"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."

"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?"