UN General Assembly
1958

5. At the present time such observations may seem somewhat romantic and not likely to lead to any practical results, but they may serve to illustrate the ideals of a Latin American nation which believes that mankind will benefit more from progress in literature and the arts, from the fight against illiteracy, from advances in medicine and the raising of the standard of living of God's noble creature, man than from mere excursions into outer space. In the final analysis the great problem of the world is the problem of the individual human being, who has gradually become over- shadowed by the pagan deity of the State, and whom we must restore to his true place if we sincerely believe in spiritual, values. 6. Technological progress can be achieved, and has been achieved, by different systems, but that which forms the very basis of Western civilization, which we advocate and which corresponds to our deepest convictions, is the equal partnership of freedom and science, in which the spirit is not subordinated to or valued less than technology.