Tragedy Is Not What Men Suffer But

Human Beings Act Intelligently Only After They Have Exhausted The Alternatives

Palestinians Never Miss An Opportunity To Miss An Opportunity.

Lest Arab Governments Be Tempted Out Of Sheer Routine To Rush Into Impulsive Rejection, Let Me Suggest That Tragedy Is Not What Men Suffer But What They Miss.

Our Intention To Regard The Closing Of The Straits As A Casus Belli Was Communicated...to The Foreign Ministers Of Those States Which Had Supported International Navigation In The Straits In 1957 And Thereafter. There Can Be No Doubt That These Warnings Reached Cairo. One Thing Was Now Clear. If Nasser Imposed A Blockade, The Explosion Would Ensue Not From 'miscalculation', But From An Open-eyed And Conscious Readiness For War.

Playing The Game I Have Learned The Meaning Of Humility. It Has Given Me An Understanding Of Futility Of The Human Effort.