UN General Assembly
1967

149. But there is another possible answer to the unevenness in the terms of international trade. That answer is to be found in the attitudes of the developing countries themselves. My Government has always advocated that there must be a greater degree of self-reliance, self-respect and horizontal collaboration within the developing countries themselves. There must be less dependence upon degrading hand-outs and loans or gifts from the richer countries and far more reliance upon self-help, hard work and co-operative enterprise. The rewards to be gained from these factors of development are high and commendable. This is not to reject the benefits of meaningful and unrestrictive assistance from abroad, but the emphasis should be upon the sweat of our own brows.