4 Abba Eban Quotes on History

Abba Eban quotes on history

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

2. The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

9. I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.

18. '.. Israel is the product of the most sustained historic tenacity which the ages recall. The state of Israel is on immutable part of the international landscape. To plan the future, without it is to build delusions on sand...' (The United Nations, 3 July 1948)