His ignorance is encyclopedic.
ABBA EBANScience 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]
More Abba Eban Quotes
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Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
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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.
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Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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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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Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man’s initiative.
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Israel is not an aviary.
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Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
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Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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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.
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You can’t achieve anything without getting in someone’s way. You can’t be detached and effective.
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Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives
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Better to be disliked than pitied.
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