UN General Assembly
1973

215. In conclusion, I should like to add that, in a world which is in a continuous state of evolution and where gigantic transmutations of values are being manifested, the new generation, which is not bound to the past by any mental habits, will not be able to support us so long as we obstinately continue to feed on the past and to model ourselves on the past. The world today knows that it is our refusal to respect the commandments of our Charter — rather than the structural defects of the temple of peace erected on the ruins of the last World War — which discredits our profession of faith in the great ideals on which our Organization was founded. 216. Therefore, let us not expect public opinion to give weight to our proclamations, unless they reflect a change in spirit, a ripening of our common will to prove that the ideals that led us to create the United Nations are still very much alive.