6 Quotes & Sayings By Abba Eban

Abba Eban was born in Jerusalem in 1915. During the Second World War, he served as a diplomat for the Jewish Agency in Washington, D.C.; he also served on the staff of UNICEF and on the board of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA.) He is one of Israel's most distinguished diplomats and is a member of the Knesset.

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His ignorance is encyclopedic. Abba Eban
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History teaches usthat men and nationsonly behave wiselyonce they have exhaustedall other alternatives."-- Abba Eban
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Abba Eban
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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
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It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say. Abba Eban