Abba Eban Quotes - 9quotes.com

His ignorance is encyclopedic.
Written by Abba Eban
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
Written by Abba Eban
I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
Written by Abba Eban
Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.
Written by Abba Eban
The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
Written by Abba Eban
Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
Written by Abba Eban
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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Better to be disliked than pitied.
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You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
Written by Abba Eban
One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all.
Written by Abba Eban

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