UN General Assembly
1962

142. Of course, we must try to understand what lies behind this proposal of peaceful coexistence, and, above all, we must ask ourselves whether the definition given today by the communist world is an adequate one and whether it can serve as a basis for the solutions which must be found to the problems confronting the world. I do not think I am being unfair to those who speak of peaceful coexistence when I say that the definition they have given of that expression seems to me to be singularly narrow and inadequate. They have frequently stated that: "Peaceful coexistence is something that replaces war by way of competition in all fields — ideological, political, social and economic." This kind of peaceful coexistence is certainly better than a hot war, and it is even better than the cold war. But in my view, it is by no means enough.