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Abba Eban (/ˈɑːbə ˈiːbən/ ( listen); Hebrew: אבא אבן‬ [ˈʔaba ˈʔeven]; born Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban; later adopted Abba Solomon Meir Eban; 2 February 1915 – 17 November 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages.

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Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its 'right to exist. ' Israel's right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 other states, is axiomatic and unreserved. Israel's legitimacy is not suspended in midair awaiting acknowledgement. . . . There is certainly no other state, big or small, young or old, that would consider mere recognition of its 'right to exist' a favor, or a negotiable concession.

Favors, Israel, Small, United, United States

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

Ears, Elegance, Movement, Permanently, Statesman

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.

Chief, Gentile, Israel, Tasks, World

Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.

Futility Of Life, Game, Golf, Human, Humility, Playing

Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.

Believe, People, Belief, Individuals, Chorus

You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective.

Achieve, Achievement, Change, Detached, Effective, Way

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.

Men, Miss, Missing, Rejection, Rush, Sheer

If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.

Algeria, Earth, Flat, Flattened, Israel

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.

Ambition, Domineer, Evil, Man, Men, Nourishes

Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.

Men, Miss, Missing, Suffer, Suffering, Tragedy

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.

Leadership, Mean, Opposites, Political, Say

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.

History, Morrow, Surrender, Thinking, Unconditional Love, War

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

Agrees, Believe, Consensus, Mean, Sarcastic, Say

Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.

Could Have Been, Difference, Differences, Tragedy

Better to be disliked than pitied.

Disliked, Pitied

Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Opportunity, Missing, Palestinian, Palestinians, Miss

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

Act, God, Initiative, Men, Preconditioned, Waiting

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.

Instrument, Jewish, Land, Name, Names, People