UN General Assembly
1972

104. Peace is not merely the absence of war; it is rather the implementation of measures necessary for the socioeconomic progress of nations. Peace will not be complete as long as some live in abundance and many others subsist in poverty. Peace is one of the natural consequences of the exercise of freedom, at all levels and in all realms. However, as was already said by a famous English liberal: "Liberty is subject to control, and he who controls conditions controls freedom." In our times, as long as some have a monopoly on the world's economic elements, they will control in varying degrees the freedom of the rest.