Abba Eban

Quotes by Abba Eban

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Diplomat and politician · Israeli · 1915–2002

Israeli diplomat and politician (1915–2002)

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“His ignorance is encyclopedic.”

“The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”

“It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.”

“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.”

“History teaches usthat men and nationsonly behave wiselyonce they have exhaustedall other alternatives."--”

“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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“His ignorance is encyclopedic.”
— Abba Eban
ignorance insult

“History teaches usthat men and nationsonly behave wiselyonce they have exhaustedall other alternatives."--”
— Abba Eban
political

“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.”
— Abba Eban
Men Nations Exhausted

“It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.”
— Abba Eban
Experience Political Mean

“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
History Peace Think

“The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”
— 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.”
— Abba Eban