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Abba Eban
Israeli
Diplomat
Born:
Feb 2
,
1915
Died:
Nov 17
,
2002
Alternatives
Behave
Consensus
Exhausted
History
Men
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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.
Abba Eban
Vote
Algeria
Earth
Introduced
Would
Had
Pass
Israel
Flat
Flattened
Declaring
Resolution
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 distinction at all.
Abba Eban
World
Anti-Semitism
Distinction
Between
Gentile
Prove
Dialogue
Chief
Tasks
Any
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
Abba Eban
History
Men
Exhausted
Other
Once
Wisely
Alternatives
Behave
Nations
Us
Teaches
Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
Abba Eban
Men
Exhausted
Other
Once
Wisely
Alternatives
Behave
Nations
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
Abba Eban
Everyone
Say
Collectively
No-One
Individually
Means
Agree
Believes
Consensus
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
Abba Eban
Ignorance
His
Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
Abba Eban
People
Believe
Say
People Say
Individuals
Many
Chorus
Consensus
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
Abba Eban
Politics
Experience
Political
Our
Say
Leaders
Always
Opposite
Political Leaders
Mean
They Say
You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.
Abba Eban
You
Achieve
Way
Someone
Without
Getting
Anything
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
War
History
Surrender
Peace
First
Think
Vanquished
Unconditional
Morrow
Victors
Sued
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.
Abba Eban
Me
Men
Rejection
Arab
Out
Rush
Tempted
Miss
Sheer
Tragedy
Governments
Impulsive
Lest
Suffer
Routine
Suggest
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