UN General Assembly
1965

140. We do not consider that external aid is the panacea for the situation in the developing countries. This aid must be accompanied — this must be sincerely proclaimed and I am sure my words will find an echo in the developing nations — by a commensurate effort to promote self-help, to master the environment and to establish a working discipline which, indeed, is the basis of liberty. It has never been synonymous with debility or laziness but with a vision of purposes and valiant determination to, attain them. In this sense, the labours of the United Nations may provide an example of effective and timely assistance as well as an incentive.