UN General Assembly
1952

66. It was in this atmosphere of idealism blended with realism that the United Nations was born. This new spirit — call it realistic idealism or enlightened realism — animated the representatives of fifty nations in their endeavour to create a new structure dedicated to the concrete realization of the old ideal. The product reflected the fusion of aspiration and common sense in its recognition of two principles, the neglect of which had undoubtedly contributed to the failure of the League of Nations.