Quotes by Abba Eban

“Better to be disliked than pitied”

“His ignorance is encyclopedic”

“You cant achieve anything without getting in someones way”

“A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually”

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

“Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.”

“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.”

“The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.”

“Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today, and longed for them tomorrow”

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

History teaches usthat men and nationsonly behave wiselyonce they have exhaustedall other alternatives.--

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

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.

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