Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man’s initiative.
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Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man’s initiative.
ABBA EBANA consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
ABBA EBANYou can’t achieve anything without getting in someone’s way. You can’t be detached and effective.
ABBA EBANOur 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 EBANIt is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
ABBA EBANPalestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
ABBA EBANZionism 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.
ABBA EBANTragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
ABBA EBANConsensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
ABBA EBANHuman beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives
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]
ABBA EBANThe Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
ABBA EBANHis ignorance is encyclopedic.
ABBA EBANA nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.
ABBA EBANPlaying the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.
ABBA EBANA statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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