“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.” IfsThinkingWorldStatesWould BeStrongUnitedUnited StatesMiddlePolicyKingsWeakSickFundamentalsWideOilEastSignificantFamiliarIranMiddle EastUnlikelyConsensusSaudisArab WorldYemenSignificant ChangeBahrainKing Abdullah Author:Elliott Abrams
“Today President Obama is in the Middle East. He met the new king of Saudi Arabia. Obama also met Saudi Arabia's first lady, the second lady, third lady, and fourth lady.” FirstsTodayPresidentMiddleKingsMetsThirdsEastPresident ObamaMiddle EastFourthArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisFirst Lady Author:Conan O'Brien
“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?” LastsThreeHoursMoralFourKingsQueensDilemmaArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisPassed AwayMoral Dilemma48 HoursKing Abdullah Author:David Letterman
“If we don't have a more serious energy policy, the difference between a good day and bad day for America from here on will hinge on how the 86-year-old king of Saudi Arabia manages...change.” IfsYearsAmericaEnergyDifferencesPolicySeriousKingsManageGood DayBad DayArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisHingesEnergy PolicyGood Days And Bad Days Author:Thomas Friedman
“King Fahd was also committed to the strong and trusting relations between France and Saudi Arabia. This old friendship, which began with an exceptional link established by General De Gaulle, took on a new dimension under his reign, helped by a shared vision of what was at stake regionally and internationally.” StrongVisionKingsRelationCommittedFranceDimensionsLinksStakesReignExceptionalOld FriendsArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisOld FriendshipShared Vision Author:Jacques Chirac
“King Fahd was a man of great vision and leadership who inspired his countrymen for a quarter of a century as king. He led Saudi Arabia through a period of unparalleled progress and development.” MenVisionProgressCenturyDevelopmentKingsPeriodsInspiredQuartersArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisCountrymenGreat VisionQuarter Of A CenturyProgress And Development Author:Tony Blair
“Russia will always remember the contribution [of King Fahd] in the development of Russian-Saudi relations, which in recent years were raised to a qualitatively higher level.” YearsRememberLevelsDevelopmentKingsHigherRelationRaisedRussiaContributionSaudisHigher Level Author:Vladimir Putin
“The King had been a good friend of the government and the people of South Africa and we all mourn his passing with our brothers and sisters in Saudi Arabia.” PeopleGovernmentBrotherKingsSouthPassingPassingsSouth AfricaGood FriendBrothers And SistersMournArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Thabo Mbeki
“If you're the King of Jordan, if you're a part of the royal family in Saudi Arabia and he's made this deal with Iran which gives them $150 billion to wage a war and try to extend their empire across the Middle East, why would you want to do it now? When I stand across from King Hussein of Jordan and I say to him, "You have a friend again sir, who will stand with you to fight this fight," he'll change his mind.” IfsWantGivingTryingMindMadeWarFightingDealsMiddleKingsEastBillionsEmpiresIranMiddle EastRoyalHusseinJordanArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisRoyal FamilyFriends Again Author:Chris Christie
“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.” WorldGivingLittlesEndsCountryEnergyPresidentJusticeBreakKingsAddictionOilReliefShoppingInitiativeArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisGasolineDiscountsGasoline PricesKing Abdullah Author:Thomas Friedman
“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.” TogetherViewsKingsWestSouthPopulationEastDialogueGuidanceArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisGet TogetherSupervisionKing Abdullah Author:Al-Waleed bin Talal
“Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.” PeoplePoliticalStrongSocialKingsContractsStabilityVery StrongRulersRoyalBondageArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisRoyal FamilySocial Contract Author:Al-Waleed bin Talal
“You know, in Saudi Arabia, there is a body of 40 people - 34 people exactly, that once the succession comes, they will meet and they will elect a king in there.” PeopleKnowsBodyKingsSuccessionArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Al-Waleed bin Talal