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

- King Hussein I

It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a responsibility to the future. I cannot give up. I cannot despair. There's a whole future,…

- King Hussein I

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 …

- King Hussein I

God help us from those who believe that they are the sole possessors of truth. How we manage at times to agree willingly to become prisoners within o…

- King Hussein I

I have said this in the past and I will continue to repeat it as long as I live: Whoever tries to hurt our national unity is my enemy until the day o…

- King Hussein I

Jordan seeks to play only one role, that of a model state. It is our aim to set an example for our Arab brethren, not one that they need follow but o…

- King Hussein I

Personality is reduced and deformed with depleted thoughts and stagnant mind.

- King Hussein I

There is an Arabic proverb which says that "Peace comes from understanding, not agreement." Agreements are more easily broken than made; but understa…

- King Hussein I

Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in…

- King Hussein I