Author: Abba Eban

Quotes

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.

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

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

- Abba Eban

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

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

- Abba Eban

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

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

- Abba Eban

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.

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.

- Abba Eban

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