Author: Hussein of Jordan

Quotes

I want to say a simple thing, that the dividing line exists not between Jordan and Israel, but between the proponents of peace and the opponents of peace.

I want to say a simple thing, that the dividing line exists not between Jordan and Israel, but between the proponents of peace and the opponents of peace.

- Hussein of Jordan

The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty, and backwardness cannot mix in one region.

The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty, and backwardness cannot mix in one region.

- Hussein of Jordan

Our religion does not discriminate according to color, sex or anything else. What counts is piety and faith.

Our religion does not discriminate according to color, sex or anything else. What counts is piety and faith.

- Hussein of Jordan

We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.

We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.

- Hussein of Jordan

Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality.

Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality.

- Hussein of Jordan

We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.

We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.

- Hussein of Jordan

Real victories are those that protect human life, not those that result from its destruction or emerge from its ashes.

Real victories are those that protect human life, not those that result from its destruction or emerge from its ashes.

- Hussein of Jordan

It would behoove the world to become used to this fact: that without a just solution to the Palestine tragedy, there can be no stable peace in the Middle East.

It would behoove the world to become used to this fact: that without a just solution to the Palestine tragedy, there can be no stable peace in the Middle East.

- Hussein of Jordan

We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future.

We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future.

- Hussein of Jordan

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