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Abba Eban
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“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.”
Abba Eban (1915–2002) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in London (16 December 1970); as quoted in The Times ([London] 17 December 1970) and in Great Jewish Quotations (1996) by Alfred J. Kolatch, p. 115.
“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 (1915–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”
Abba Eban (1915–2002) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Jerusalem Post (18 November 2002); often misquoted as "Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." The quote is attributed to Abba Eban after the Geneva Peace Conference with Arab co…
“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 (1915–2002) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comment about the United Nations General Assembly, as quoted in The Guardian (3 February 2004). Reputedly stated between the Six-Day War in 1967 and United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 in 1975 (revoked in 19…