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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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People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf. – Henry Rollins

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If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others. РFran̤ois VI de la Rochefoucault

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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. – Jean Cocteau

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What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine. – Susan Sontag

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