Abba Eban Quotes

Most popular Abba Eban Quotes

His ignorance is encyclopedic. - Abba Eban quote.
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
— Abba Eban

witty insults

Let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss. - Abba Eban quote.
Let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
— Abba Eban

negotiation

Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself. - Abba Eban quote.
Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself.
— Abba Eban

propaganda

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives. - Abba Eban quote.
Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
— Abba Eban

history geopolitics Israel

Consensus means that lots of people say collectively what nobody believes individually. - Abba Eban quote.
Consensus means that lots of people say collectively what nobody believes individually.
— Abba Eban in Montreal Gazette

consensus

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually. - Abba Eban quote.
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
— Abba Eban

consensus

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

statesmanship

It nourishes man's ambition to domineer over his fellow man.  Idolatry, therefore, is the source of all social and moral evil in the world. - Abba Eban quote.
It nourishes man's ambition to domineer over his fellow man.  Idolatry, therefore, is the source of all social and moral evil in the world.
— Abba Eban My People

idolatry