UN General Assembly
1963

12. To all these speeches we have listened without any form of protest. The South African delegation did not come to New York in order to engage other delegations in a dialectic contest. In our view such an approach to international intercourse is a sterile one. It will get us nowhere, and can only harm all concerned, including the overriding objective of peaceful coexistence. However, no one can, or will, expect me as the representative of South Africa to remain silent on these attacks and allegations to which I have referred —and I do not intend to do so. We have often said in the past, and I repeat today, that national pride is not the prerogative of any one nation, or of any single group of nations. To this I would add that truth and justice are not expendable attributes of morality or fruitful international intercourse.