Abba Eban Quotes
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It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
Abba Eban
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Author Details:
Type:
Diplomat Quotes
Category:
Quotes
Date of Birth:
February 2, 1915
Date of Death:
November 17, 2002
Nationality:
Israeli
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Select Abba Eban Quotations:
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
Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
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.
Abba Eban
You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.
Abba Eban
Better to be disliked than pitied.
Abba Eban
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
Abba Eban
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All Abba Eban Quotations:
A consensus means that everyone agrees...
A statesman who keeps his ear...
Better to be disliked than pitied.
Consensus is what many people say...
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
History teaches us that men and...
I think that this is the...
If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring...
It is our experience that political...
Lest Arab governments be tempted out...
Men and nations behave wisely once...
One of the chief tasks of...
The Jews are the living embodiment...
Time and again these governments have rejected...
You can't achieve anything without getting...
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