UN General Assembly
1946

It would be fantastic to expect the representatives, when entering this international chamber, to leave their national anxieties and interests with their hats in the cloak-room, and it would be equally fantastic to attempt to blend century- old particularisms into one world organization within the space of a few years and to ignore our respective social, economic and political concepts in our discussions. However, there is nothing to prevent us from seeking to compose our differences. Co-operation is possible where complete union is impossible, provided always that distrust and bitterness are absent from our debates. It is written in the Bible: “Where bitterness replies to bitterness, where shall bitterness end?”