Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.

Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?

As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’

We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.

Knowledge paves the way to Love, and Love in its turn fosters understanding, and leads one along the path of great common achievements.

I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.

Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'