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
writing justice nations
A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.
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.
land names people
Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People's sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name. It is also the instrument whereby the Jewish Nation seeks an authentic fulfillment of itself.
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]
differences tragedy has-beens
Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
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.
change way achieve
You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective.
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.