Abba Eban Quotes

Abba Eban — Israeli Diplomat born on February 02, 1915, died on November 17, 2002

Abba Eban was an Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages... (wikipedia)

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.

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.

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

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

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.