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Abba Eban

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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.


— Abba Eban


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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.


— Abba Eban


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


— Abba Eban


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Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.


— Abba Eban


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You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.


— Abba Eban


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In the words of Henry Kissinger:

I have never encountered anyone who matched his command of the English language. Herzog's son Isaac Herzog is a member in Israel's Knesset.  
My country; the story of modern Israel.

Abba Eban (Hebrew: אבא אבן‎ born Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban; later adopted Abba Solomon Meir Eban; 2 February 1915 – 17 November 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician. He was also Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly and President of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

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