It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
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Abba Eban
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About Abba Eban
Abba Solomon Meir Eban was a South African-born Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Abba EbanI 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.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.