His ignorance is encyclopedic.
~ Abba Eban
History teaches usthat men and nationsonly behave wiselyonce they have exhaustedall other alternatives.--
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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.
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.