President soekarno of indonesia:Spe

President soekarno of indonesia:
Speech at the opening of the bandung conference, April 18, 1955

This twentieth century has been a period of terrific dynamism. Perhaps the last fifty years have seen more developments and more material progress than the previous five hundred years. Man has learned to control many of the scourges which once threatened him. He has learned to consume distance. He has learned to project his voice and his picture across oceans and continents. lie has probed deep into the secrets of nature and learned how to make the desert bloom and the plants of the earth increase their bounty. He has learned how to release the immense forces locked in the smallest particles of matter.
but has man's political skill marched hand-in-hand with his technical and scientifical skill? the answer is no! the political skill of man has been far outsripped by technical skill,the result of this is fear.and man gasps for safety and morality







perhaps now more than at any other moment in the history of the word,society,goverment and statesmanship needs to be based upon the highest code of morality and athics.annd in political terms,what is the highest code of morality? is it the subordination of everything to the well being of mankind.but today we are faced with a situation where the well being of mankind is not always the primary consideration, Many who are in places of high power think,rather,of controlling the world
yes, we are living in a world of fear. the life of man today is corroded and made bitter by fear. fear of future, fear of hydrogen bomb , fear of ideologis.
perhaps this fear is a greater danger than the danger itself, because it is fear, which drives men to actbfoolishly,to act thoughtlessly,to act dangerously.