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 the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it.
King Hussein IRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The real division in conflict isn't national borders, but rather the attitude towards peace.
King Hussein I emphasizes that the core issue in the conflict between Jordan and Israel is not purely territorial but rather ideological. The dividing line is drawn between those who seek peace and those who resist it, highlighting the importance of fostering understanding and cooperation over nationalistic disputes.
Themes
PeaceConflictUnderstandingIdeologyCooperation
In practice
Example use cases
During a peace conference, a speaker might use this quote to emphasize the need for a collective commitment to peace.
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King Hussein IRead
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.
King Hussein IRead
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.
King Hussein IRead
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.
King Hussein IRead
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.
King Hussein IRead
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