UN General Assembly
1951

9. The democratic nations were slow to recognize the danger to which they were exposed by the change in the balance of power. They were slow in making up their minds, for nothing — as you well know — was so repugnant to their wishes and to their dearest hopes as a new armaments race. But let there be no mistake. A decision taken in cold blood, in the full knowledge of what it will cost, is no less firm, no less unshakeable than one taken in a fit of enthusiasm or in the stress of a passing emotion.