Abba Eban
Abba Eban
Abba Ebanwas an Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 February 1915
CountryIsrael
israel world tasks
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.
believe people belief
Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
men missing rejection
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.
Better to be disliked than pitied.
ignorance sarcasm
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
embodiment might minorities
The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
alternatives exhausted humans
Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives
ambition men evil
It [idolatry] nourishes mans ambition to domineer over his fellow man. Idolatry, therefore, is the source of all social and moral evil in the world.
horse research cows
Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don’t worship it. Feed it. [Addressing a group of prospective contributors to an Israeli scientific research program]
humility golf futility-of-life
Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.
mean opposites leader
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
believe mean sarcasm
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
israel
Israel is not an aviary.
opportunity missing palestinian
Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.