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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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

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

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

Sued Unconditional Victor
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

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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Flat Flattered Introduce
Israel is not an aviary.

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Israel is not an aviary.
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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 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.
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Distinction
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

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.
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Domineer Idolatry Nourish Source
Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.

ABBA EBAN

Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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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]

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

ABBA EBAN

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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Ear Glued Neither Permanently Posture Statesman
His ignorance is encyclopedic.

ABBA EBAN

His ignorance is encyclopedic.
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Encyclopedia
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

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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Embodiment Jews Minority Reminder
Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.

ABBA EBAN

Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
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Chorus Say
Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People’s sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name.

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Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People’s sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name.
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Jewish More Nothing
A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.
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Write
Better to be disliked than pitied.

ABBA EBAN

Better to be disliked than pitied.
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Dislike Wish

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