Abba Eban Famous Quotes



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

His ignorance is encyclopedic.


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Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
Jawaharlal Nehru

How is it possible to expect mankind to take advice when they will not so much as take warning
Jonathan Swift

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.
George Jean Nathan

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.
Robert Albert Bloch

The best things carried to excess are wrong.
Charles Churchill

Ideas shape the course of history.
John Maynard Keynes

Things do not change we change.
Henry David Thoreau

"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."
John Fitzgerald Kennedy

It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.
Andre Gide

"Success is relevant to coping with obstacles... But no problem is ever solved by those, who, when they fail, look for someone to blame instead of something to do."
Fred Waggoner