Abba Eban Men Quotations

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

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.

Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.

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

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

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.

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.