UN General Assembly
1951

65. A few months ago the Foreign Ministers of the American States, who held their Fourth Meeting of Consultation in Washington, heard the eloquent words of President Auriol. Moved by affection and admiration for France as the parent of culture and freedom, and inspired by the traditional links which strengthen our common civilization of Graeco-Latin origin, we heard our eminent guest state that a powerful force unites us beyond frontiers and oceans: liberty; that a common need was our driving force: prosperity; and that a common will inspired us: peace. 66. Our enthusiasm however, knew no bounds, when President Auriol said: “Your continent continues to be for us what it was for Columbus through the tempests and moments of doubt, what it was for its pioneers and liberators, what it is today for the entire free world: hope.”