When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.


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We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of ou...
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better car...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
Being queen is overrated.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women's empowerment, the creation...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone's rights. It's where we're r...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a w...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things co...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and ...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to expres...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
The average Jordanian has much in common with the average American in terms of the values that we sh...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that rea...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
We need another revolution in the Arab world. We need an education revolution. If there's one th...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
When you deprive people of their right to live in dignity, to hope for a better future, to have cont...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
Role models can inspire. Campaigns can motivate. But if we want all girls everywhere to rise up, the...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
Now and always, hard-line policy and those who embrace it are vessels for darker forces that are at ...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
I have nothing against the veil. And I think that, wrongly, many in the West look at the veil as a s...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
The protocol things, the officialdom, are part of my work. But it doesn't take more than 20 perc...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
I want to become foreign minister of India one day and then President of India.
FAROOQ ABDULLAH
I should learn the language of a politician - give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not...
FAROOQ ABDULLAH
I can't hide things from my Maker, so it is better to be honest.
FAROOQ ABDULLAH
I trust people too much, and the other tragedy is I can't say no.
FAROOQ ABDULLAH
People say that slaves were taken from Africa. This is not true: People were taken from Africa, amon...
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM
When time and space and change converge, we find place. We arrive in Place when we resolve things. P...
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM
They took away time, and they gave us the clock.
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM
I believe that in this way (Turkey and the Kurds) can come to the stage of consensus and dialogue fo...
ABDULLAH OCALAN
Our movement is the liberation movement of the Turkish people,
ABDULLAH OCALAN
If permission is granted, I say I can bring down all the men from the mountains within three months,
ABDULLAH OCALAN
seriously endangered the...indivisible unity of the Turkish republic.
ABDULLAH OCALAN
If we were to show our real armed power, the results would be much worse.
ABDULLAH OCALAN
If the truth needs to be told, I love Turkey and the Turkish nation and I want to serve it.
ABDULLAH OCALAN
Everyone should take note of the way I live, what I do and what I don't do,
ABDULLAH OCALAN
superior values of European civilization.
ABDULLAH OCALAN
[D'Alema said a decision would be taken] in the next few days. ... a very serious obstacle to the se...
ABDULLAH OCALAN
For peace and brotherhood, I am ready to serve the Turkish state, and I believe that for this end I ...
ABDULLAH OCALAN
We do not know the reason for his killing.
ABDULLAH MOHAMMED
Earlier, we used to sell 500-600 eggs daily. Nowadays we sell only 50-100 eggs.
ABDULLAH MOHAMMED
We are protesting for the sake of Iraq and not for the sake of any party. We want free and genuine e...
ABDULLAH MOHAMMED
We all know that Sunnis don't like it, and that it's probably going to pass, so that's going to push...
ABDULLAH MOHAMMED
This election is going to change everything, because everyone realizes now that the only way to take...
ABDULLAH MOHAMMED
The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically,...
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM
The program is meant to increase job satisfaction and provide greater motivation for employees. We e...
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM
The meeting was held in a very good atmosphere and it marked the beginning of improved relations bet...
ABDULLAH HASSAN