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.
Abba Eban
If Algeria introduced a ...
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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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.
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective.
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