"There will be a meeting of the great powers who will disagree, and the next noise we hear will be the screeching of elevators going up and down from heaven to hell"

This quote by Mordecai Wyatt Johnson is an allegory for the world powers of the world collaborating to discuss their distinctions. The "screeching of lifts" symbolizes the turmoil as well as confusion that will occur from the argument in between the great powers. The elevators going up and down from paradise to heck represent the great powers' attempts to get to a compromise, yet ultimately stopping working to do so. This quote is a caution that when the world powers collaborated, the result will certainly be a disorderly and troubled circumstance. It is a reminder that even one of the most effective countries worldwide can struggle to discover commonalities.