Quotes

They took away time, and they gave us the clock.

It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.

What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.

If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.

In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes - a virtuous cycle of change.

There is resistance to change. There's a resistance to ideas.

Don't take 'no' for an answer.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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?

Remember you don't do anything in isolation.

Nobody scares me.

The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.

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.

I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.

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

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.

We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.

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.

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.

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.

Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.

I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.