Abdullah II of Jordan Quotes

The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.

None of us is certain about the outcome of the Arab Spring.

Revolution means turning the wheel.

In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, which may yet extend to other countries in the region, are full of uncertainties.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends.

The revolution is a torrent which sweeps aside those who resist it.

In any social revolution the one thing that keeps it alive is hope.

Every revolution is the consequence of one revolution and the beginning of another.

The Arab world’s wave of change was a century in the making, Why expect its effects to become clear in the space of months

Had you asked an expert on the Middle East what changes would be likely to tke place in 2011, almost none would have predicted the Arab Spring and none would have chosen Tunisia as the flashpoint.

The so called “Arab Spring” … is really a situation which is creating more threats so far than positive incentives.

Changing a political system is not a question of contesting and polemicizing, but of blowing everything up.

When Tunisians overthrew Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 29 days and Egyptians Hosni Mubarak in 18 days, it was an appropriate rebuke to dictators and Bin Laden.

God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion... We have had thirteen States independent for eleven years. There has been one rebellion. That comes to one rebellion in a century and a half, for each State. What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion.

We are sorry for the inconvenience, but this is a revolution.

The beginning of a revolution is in reality the end of a belief.

You say you want a revolution? Well, you know. We all want to change the world.

Revolutions are not born of chance but of necessity.

The Syrian people, the Egyptian people, all say that something is changing. The Berlin Wall has fallen. We can see it.

So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting.

Three words remain that can yet stir the blood of man: the word 'rebellion'; the word 'revolt'; the word 'revolution'.

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.