History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
ABBA EBAN
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Abba Eban26 quotes“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.”
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Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man’s initiative.
Abba EbanAbba Eban Our intention to regard the closing of the Straits as a casus belli was communicated…to the foreign ministers of those states which had supported international navigation in the Straits in 1957 and thereafter.
Abba EbanAbba Eban Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
Abba EbanAbba Eban His ignorance is encyclopedic.
Abba EbanAbba 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.
Abba EbanAbba Eban Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
Abba EbanAbba Eban Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its ‘right to exist.’ Israel’s right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 other states, is axiomatic and unreserved.
Abba EbanAbba Eban Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives
Abba EbanAbba Eban You can’t achieve anything without getting in someone’s way. You can’t be detached and effective.
Abba EbanAbba Eban Israel is not an aviary.
Abba EbanAbba Eban It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
Abba EbanAbba Eban A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
Abba EbanAbba 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 EbanAbba Eban Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
Abba EbanAbba Eban Better to be disliked than pitied.
Abba EbanAbba Eban Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don’t worship it. Feed it. [Addressing a group of prospective contributors to an Israeli scientific research program]
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