A local speech on a local issue is likely to be more intelligible than one addressed to a whole nation, and we observe that the greatest muster of ambiguities and obscure generalities is usually to be found in speeches which are addressed to the whole world
T. S. Eliot, Christianity and Culture (New York: Harcourt, Inc, 1948), p.163.
And that, dear friends, explains a good deal about the United Nations.
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