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.

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Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

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

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

One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove...

One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove...

You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.

You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.

One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove...

One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove...

Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today, and longed for them tomorrow

Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today, and longed for them tomorrow

His ignorance is encyclopedic

His ignorance is encyclopedic

Better to be disliked than pitied.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let...

Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let...

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties...

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties...

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

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

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.

Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance...

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance...

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the...

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the...

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what...

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what...

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the...

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the...

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored...

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored...

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war,...

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war,...

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with...

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with...