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

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

— Abba Eban

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

— Abba Eban

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

— Abba Eban

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Better to be disliked than pitied. ↗

— Abba Eban

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

— Abba Eban

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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. ↗

— Abba Eban

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His ignorance is encyclopedic. ↗

— Abba Eban

#ignorance

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

— Abba Eban

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