All Abba Eban Quotes
- A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually. Agree
- His ignorance is encyclopedic. Encyclopedic
- Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort. Effort
- A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal. History
- Our intention to regard the closing of the Straits as a casus belli was communicated...to the foreign ministers of those states which had supported international… Blockade
- It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say. Always Mean
- Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Inspirational
- Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its 'right to exist.' Israel's right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152… Acknowledgement
- Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss. Men
- Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been. Been
- 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… Arab
- 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… Called
- 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.… Authentic
- Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative. Act
- It [idolatry] nourishes mans ambition to domineer over his fellow man. Idolatry, therefore, is the source of all social and moral evil in the world. All
- Better to be disliked than pitied. Better
- Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives Act
- 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… Abstentions
- History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. All
- 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… All
- Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals. Belief
- A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement. Ear
- The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. Constant
- You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective. Achieve
- Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow. Government