King Hussein I Quotes

I Will Never Work Merely To Make A Reputation For Myself, To Be Popular For Appearances Rather Than For What I Am. My Task Is To Lead My Country Through Service.

One Of The Great Challenges You Will Face Is That A Part Of The World, And Some In It, Do Not Have Or Do Not Believe In A Standard Of Moral Values. Many In The World Today Operate On The Basis Of Practical Expediency. You Have Undoubtedly Observed This Yourselves. It Has Become A Philosophy Of Life For Many. This Is True Among Nations As Well As Among Individuals.

For Our Part, We Shall Continue To Work For The New Dawn When All The Children Of Abraham And Their Descendants Are Living Together In The Birthplace Of Their Three Great Monotheistic Religions, A Life Free From Fear, A Life Free From Want - A Life In Peace.

Nothing Is More Useless In Developing A Nation's Economy Than A Gun, And Nothing Blocks The Road To Social Development More Than The Financial Burden Of War. War Is The Arch Enemy Of National Progress And The Modern Scourge Of Civilized Man.

God Willing, We Shall Come To A Stage Where The World Looks At The Palestinian Question, And Palestinian Rights On Palestinian National Soil, As Well As The Questions Of The Occupied Syrian And Lebanese Territories. These Are The Bases On Which Peace Will Be Built.

Fundamentalism As It Is Called Is Not Confined To The Muslim World. It Is Something That We Have Seen In Different Parts Of The World. Let Us Hope That A Dialogue Between The Followers Of The Three Great Monotheistic Religions Could Help In Putting An End To This.

The Dilemma Of Our Age Is The Combination Of Unprecedented Material Progress And Systematic Spiritual Decline. The Decline In Public And Private Morality Can Be Witnessed In The Marketplace As Well As The Forums Of International Diplomacy. In The Past, A Man's Honor And Reputation Were His Most Valuable Assets. Business Agreements Were Made With A Handshake. Today One Might Be Well Advised To Check The "bottom Line" And Read The "small Print."

In This Life Struggle, Here I Am Among You Fully Cognizant That A True Believer Has No Fear Of What God Has Ordained For Him. Those Who Are Visited By Fear Live Only For Their Present, Under The Illusion That The World Began With Them And Will End With Their Departure.

I Wish To Say To You That The Life Of An Enlightened People And A Vibrant Nation Cannot Be Measured By The Life Of An Individual. A Successful Person Is One Who Manages To Lay Down A New Stone, A Brick That Would Help Firm Up His Nation's Existence.

We Believe Democracy To Be The Only Real Guarantor Of Stability And We Have Sought To Create A 'jordanian Model' That Might Also Inspire Others In Our Region. I Wish Democracy And Peace To Be My Legacy To My People And The Shield Of Generations To Come.

The Absence And Suppression Of Justice Can Only Open The Way For Extremists To Exploit Such A Condition To Perpetrate Acts Of Violence Against Innocents.

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.