KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Abba Eban Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Abba Eban

Showing 1-10 of 15 Quotes by Abba Eban

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

~Abba Eban

Topics: Alternatives Behave Exhausted History Men Nations Once Other Teaches Us Wisely

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.

~Abba Eban

Topics: Again Governments Proposals Rejected Them Time Today Tomorrow

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

~Abba Eban

Topics: Agree Believes Collectively Consensus Everyone Individually Means Say

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

~Abba Eban

Topics: Alternatives Behave Exhausted Men Nations Once Other Wisely

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Abba Eban

Topics: Anti-Semitism Any Between Chief Dialogue Distinction Gentile Prove Tasks World

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Abba Eban

Topics: First History Morrow Peace Sued Surrender Think Unconditional Vanquished Victors War I Think

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Abba Eban

Topics: Arab Governments Impulsive Lest Me Men Miss Out Rejection Routine Rush Sheer Suffer Suggest Tempted Tragedy

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.

~Abba Eban

Topics: Constant Duties Embodiment Jews Living Might Minorities Minority Owe Reminder Societies Whoever

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.

~Abba Eban

Topics: Always Experience Leaders Mean Opposite Our Political Political Leaders Say They Say

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Abba Eban

Topics: Algeria Declaring Earth Flat Had Introduced Israel Pass Resolution Vote Would

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Diplomat

Born: February 2nd, 1915

Died: November 17th, 2002

Links

Find Abba Eban on Amazon

Related Authors

Javier Perez De Cuellar
Lawrence Eagleburger
Bahman Ghobadi
Henry Grunwald
Stephane Hessel
Harry Hopkins
Gilbert Murray
Harold Nicolson
Safak Pavey
Dominique De Villepin

Popular Authors

Winston Churchill Fyodor Dostoevsky Mahatma Gandhi Thich Nhat Hanh Anita Hill Rihanna Gloria Steinem Mary Wollstonecraft

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1694 - Voltaire

1768 - Friedrich Schleiermacher

1787 - Bryan Procter

1863 - Arthur Quiller-Couch

1870 - Alexander Berkman

1886 - Harold Nicolson

1889 - Hugh Kingsmill

1898 - Rene Magritte

1904 - Coleman Hawkins

1907 - Jim Bishop

Birthdays on November 21st
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Future Love Poetry Thankful Trust War Women Work