King Abdullah Quotes:

King Abdullah has died. A divisive figure in the Middle East. The sad irony is that the USA preached democracy in the face of absolute rule.

- Immortal Technique

topic: Kings, Usa, Democracy, King Abdullah

I went to Saudi Arabia in 2010, and spent most of my time in Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City.

- Dave Eggers

source: "Dave Eggers: 'We tend to look everywhere but the mirror' - interview". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2013.

topic: Kings, Cities, Arabia, King Abdullah

Actually, King Abdullah, under his supervision and guidance, has established a dialogue in Saudi Arabia whereby all the population, whether Shiite or Sunnis from north, south, west or east, they can get together and exchange their views.

- Al-Waleed bin Talal

topic: Kings, Views, Together, King Abdullah

Oil policy, policy toward the United States, policy toward Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, very unlikely, I think, to see significant change. These policies were the policies that had a wide family consensus. The question I think would be if the king becomes sick, whether you have weak Saudi leadership in the Arab world and the Middle East rather than strong Saudi leadership, but I think the fundamental policies will continue, the ones we’re familiar with under King Abdullah.

- Elliott Abrams

topic: Strong, Kings, Thinking, King Abdullah, Yemen

Today, I join King Abdullah in Paris to stand in solidarity with the people of France in their darkest hour...To stand in unity against extremism in all its forms and to stand up for our cherished faith, Islam. And so that the lasting image of these terrible events is an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy and support between people of all faiths and cultures.

- Queen Rania of Jordan

topic: Kings, Paris, People, Terrible Events, King Abdullah

In the last 48 hours King Abdullah from Saudi Arabia passed away. I have a moral dilemma. The king passed away three or four days ago. Is it too soon to hit on Queen Latifah?

- David Letterman

topic: Kings, Queens, Arabia, King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia

Our president's latest energy initiative was to go to Saudi Arabia and beg King Abdullah to give us a little relief on gasoline prices. I guess there was some justice in that. When you, the president, after 9/11, tell the country to go shopping instead of buckling down to break our addiction to oil, it ends with you, the president, shopping the world for discount gasoline.

- Thomas Friedman

topic: Country, Kings, Gasoline Prices, King Abdullah

I agree with the secretary [Hillary Clinton] that I think what has to happen - and let me just mention what King Abdullah of Jordan said. I think he hit the nail on the head.

- Hillary Clinton

topic: Kings, Thinking, Nails, King Abdullah