UN General Assembly
1959

92. I must remind you, however, that advocates of the cold war are quite vociferous in the United States. They try to convince Americans, although ultimately they probably fail to convince even themselves, that the cold war is not an evil, but something desirable. Only recently, a Senator — if I am not mistaken Senator Byrd — declared (and I quote from the Congressional Record of 1 May 1959): "The only way to prevent a third world war is to wage unceasing and unrelentless cold war". Surely an extremely candid and eloquent statement! We are invited to throw burning matches into a drum of petrol and an attempt is made to convince us that such an action will prevent fire.... Unfortunately, Mr. Byrd's imprudent statement was to the liking of his fellow-Senators.