Facts about Abba Eban

Occup.	Diplomat
From	Israel
Born	February 2, 1915
Died	November 17, 2002
Aged	87 years

Summary

Abba Eban was a famous Diplomat from Israel, who lived between February 2, 1915 and November 17, 2002. He/she became 87 years old.

Zodiac:

He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous. Our collection contains 15 quotes who is written / told by Abba, under the main topic Politics.

15 Famous quotes by 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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"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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"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives"

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"His ignorance is encyclopedic"

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

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"Better to be disliked than pitied"

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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"

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

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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"

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"You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way"

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

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

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"Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss"

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

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