Because the need for political stability is central to all
the major questions faced by my country, I should like
to concentrate on an analysis of this problem, suggesting
the spirit and attitude with which it must be met rather than
articulating a specific policy. In addressing an interpretation of
this kind to a foreign audience, a Prime Minister comes under a
double temptation-to boast and yet to be apologetic for the
state of affairs in his nation. I hope to resist these temptations;
it is better for us to be understood by our friends, and by our
selves, as we are, without exaggeration of virtues or indulgence
of faults.
Author(s): Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Source: Foreign Affairs , Apr., 1957, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Apr., 1957), pp. 422-431
Published by: Council on Foreign Relations
Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20031239