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

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• Abba Eban:

  I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the

• Abba Eban:

  Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me sugg

• Abba Eban:

  Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.

• Abba Eban:

  The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies

• Abba Eban:

  Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

• Abba Eban:

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

• Abba Eban:

  Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.

• Abba Eban:

  A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

• Abba Eban:

  If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened

• Abba Eban:

  Better to be disliked than pitied.