Quotes from Abba Eban

Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

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

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.

Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative.

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.

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

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