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Abba Eban

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

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

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"Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow."
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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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