Quotes by "Abba Eban"
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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.
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
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.
Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.
