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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they ha

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

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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. – Abba Eban

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

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Politics
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[T]he cherub, alas, proved to be pasted on tough gingerbread which was too hard for many to bite into. – Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift, 1963, translated from Russian by Michael Scammell

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