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.
Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been. - Abba Eban
Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
- Abba Eban
Better to be disliked than pitied. - Abba Eban
Better to be disliked than pitied.
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 a… - 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 a…
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
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.
Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. - Abba Eban
Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
His ignorance is encyclopedic. - Abba Eban
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually. - Abba Eban
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
Israel is not an aviary. - Abba Eban
Israel is not an aviary.
You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective. - Abba Eban
You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective.
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