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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

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

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Topics: Again Governments Proposals Rejected Them Time Today Tomorrow

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

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

~Abba Eban

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

~Abba Eban

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

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Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Diplomat

Born: February 2nd, 1915

Died: November 17th, 2002

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