UN General Assembly
1958

85. The United Nations was intended to be a tremendous force for good. That was the ideal of its founders. The United Nations was never intended to be an end in itself, but a means to an end. That end is peace and harmony among nations. If the United Nations lives up to the ideals of San Francisco, its existence will be justified. If, on the other hand, the United Nations brings discord, if it serves as a source oi estrangement, as a source of conflict, then it cannot and it will not survive. 86. I conclude my remarks with the words I used at San Francisco at the Commemorative Assembly three years ago in 1955. Those words were: "We must get back to the spirit of San Francisco."