Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
386
AUTHOR:
Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
QUOTATION:
I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat.
ATTRIBUTION:
First major address after leaving office, accepting Albert Einstein International Peace Prize, quoted in NY Times 14 Nov 84
