Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
ABBA EBANI 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.
More Abba Eban Quotes
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Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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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.
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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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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.
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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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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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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His ignorance is encyclopedic.
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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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Better to be disliked than pitied.
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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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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.
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It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
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