UN General Assembly
1963

136. Would it not be more prudent to bring all the forces of the hemisphere to bear on the creation of stronger movements based upon democratic foundations and firmly supported by democratic traditions? Would it not be more salutary to devise methods to prevent extremists of the right or the left from destroying the political keystone of a middle-of-the-road democracy? In other words, can we in Latin America achieve justice unless there first exists a political atmosphere favourable to democracy? In our exclusive preoccupation with economic development we seem to be forgetting these facts.