--- title: "1 Jewish Nation Quotes By Abba Eban" description: "1 Jewish Nation quotes by Abba Eban. Plus more from Abba Eban and more Jewish Nation sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74c/abba-eban-20139_destination_zionism-is-nothing-more-but-also-nothing_1879075.jpg" --- > [Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People's sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name. It is also the instrument whereby the Jewish Nation seeks an authentic fulfillment of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/zionism-is-nothing-more-but-also-nothing-less-than-the-jewish-people/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74c/abba-eban-20139_destination_zionism-is-nothing-more-but-also-nothing_1879075.jpg) ## More by Abba Eban > [His ignorance is encyclopedic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/his-ignorance-is-encyclopedic/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/a-nation-writes-its-history-in-the-image-of-its-ideal/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/palestinians-never-miss-an-opportunity-to-miss-an-opportunity/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [“History teaches us that men and nations only behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." --”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/history-teaches-us-that-men-and-nations-only-behave-wisely-once-they/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/time-and-again-these-governments-have-rejected-proposals-today-and/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/playing-the-game-i-have-learned-the-meaning-of-humility-it-has-given/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [“If Algeria introduced a resolution that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/if-algeria-introduced-a-resolution-that-the-earth-was-flat-and-that/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don’t worship it. Feed it. \[Addressing a group of prospective contributors to an Israeli…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/science-is-not-a-sacred-cow-science-is-a-horse-don-t-worship-it-feed/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/tragedy-is-the-difference-between-what-is-and-what-could-have-been/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/human-beings-act-intelligently-only-after-they-have-exhausted-the/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/consensus-is-what-many-people-say-in-chorus-but-do-not-believe-as/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/you-can-t-achieve-anything-without-getting-in-someone-s-way-you-can-t/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/lest-arab-governments-be-tempted-out-of-sheer-routine-to-rush-into/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/tragedy-is-not-what-men-suffer-but-what-they-miss/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) > [A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/a-consensus-means-that-everyone-agrees-to-say-collectively-what-no/) [Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jewish-nation/abba-eban/#itemlist", "name": "1 Jewish Nation Quotes By Abba Eban", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People's sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name. 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