Abba Eban

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

"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."

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

"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."