UN General Assembly
1951

80. My delegation also believes that the United Nations should not oppose either directly or indirectly the historic movements for the independence of the peoples now taking place; and that it should also recognize the vitality and justice of nationalist and regional trends of opinion, which are concrete facts in our present political life. 81. We recognize the reasonable basis upon which the great democratic Powers are seeking a genuine and balanced disarmament in which all who act in good faith shall receive safeguards, and we believe that on this basis formulae can be sought which would be acceptable to all those States that have an over-riding interest in it. But we believe that the growth of the danger threatening peace necessitates fresh and redoubled efforts to defend it. It has already been pointed out that war would damage all States, large and small alike, perhaps the latter even more than the former.