Political development should start at the grassroots.

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.

I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.

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

Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future. All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.

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.

The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.