UN General Assembly
1953

95. If I may interpolate here, I think we should always say to ourselves: “The United Nations was founded ‘to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war’.” Unless we are prepared to subscribe to the doctrine that the more arms, the more peace, we should seek to reduce and scrap arms and take such other steps as must be taken. 96. The representative of -Iceland went on to ask: “What has it done to slow or call off the armaments race? Nothing. It has proved to be entirely unable and impotent to do anything in this vital matter. No wonder some people talk about the United Nations as merely a debating club . . . And what will happen if armaments production should reach which the distinguished Foreign Minister of Australia called the saturation point?” And then comes the ominous thought: “When the toys pile up, does not the child want to play with them?”