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Abba Eban quotes: Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Abba Eban quotes: It [idolatry] nourishes mans ambition to domineer over his fellow man. Idolatry, therefore, is the source of all social and moral evil in the world.

It [idolatry] nourishes mans ambition to domineer over his fellow man. Idolatry, therefore, is the source of all social and moral evil in the world.

Abba Eban quotes: Better to be disliked than pitied.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

Abba Eban quotes: History teaches usthat men and nationsonly behave wiselyonce they have exhaustedall other alternatives.

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

Abba Eban quotes: Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.

Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.

Abba Eban quotes: His ignorance is encyclopedic.

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

Abba Eban quotes: A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

Abba Eban quotes: Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.

Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.

Abba Eban quotes: You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.

You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.

Abba Eban quotes: A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

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

Abba Eban quotes: Israel is not an aviary.

Israel is not an aviary.

Abba Eban quotes: Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.

Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.

Abba Eban quotes: Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.

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

Abba Eban quotes: If Algeria introduced a resolution that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.

If Algeria introduced a resolution 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 quotes: Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative.

Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative.

Abba Eban quotes: 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.

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

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

Abba Eban quotes: A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.

A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.

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

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

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

Abba Eban quotes: Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives

Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives