It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
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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.Abba Eban
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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Better to be disliked than pitied.
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
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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.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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