Abdullah II of Jordan Quotes
Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
Abdullah II of Jordan. Address to the Joint Session of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C., 7 Mar. 2007.
MacArthur wanted to widen the Korean war and use nuclear weapons against Communist China, after erroneously assuring Truman and other American leaders that his tactics in North Korea would not cause Chinese troops to enter the war. MacArthur would not obey the orders of the civilian government and was thus fired.
Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, baron de Cloots. He wrote of the French Revolution as the first step that would trigger a world-wide revolution producing a “Universal Republic” which would be a political paradise. He was very active helping the revolutionists in the French Revolution. He have them money and used his writing and political skills to assist in many ways. Ironically, he got caught up in the paranoid insanity into which the French Revolution evolved, and he was accused by Maximilien Robespierre and guillotined at the age of 39.
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein is King of Jordan, reigning since 7 February 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, he is a 41st-generation direct descendant of Muhammad.
