Jean Monnet Quotes

#1. Men only act in a state of necessity and usually only recognise necessity in a situation of crisis.

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#2. Building Union among people not cooperation between states

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#3. There is no future for the people of Europe other than in union.

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#4. Nothing is possible without men; nothing is lasting without institutions.

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#5. Nothing is possible without men, but nothing lasts without institutions.

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#6. To rewrite history on the bases of hypotheses which have not materialized is not only a fruitless task, but, in my eyes, meaningless.

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#7. Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe.

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#8. Everybody is ambitious. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or ambitious to do.

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#9. Europe's nations should be guided towards the superstate without their people understanding what is happening. This can be accomplished by successive steps, each disguised as having an economic purpose, but which will eventually and irreversibly lead to federation.

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#10. Nothing important is done in the United States without lawyers.

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#11. Premature ideas do not exist, one must bide one's time until the right moment comes along.

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#12. People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them.

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#13. The great thing about making cognac is that it teaches you above everything else to wait-man proposes, but time and God and the seasons have got to be on your side.

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#14. The fusion (of economic functions) would compel nations to fuse their sovereignty into that of a single European State.

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#15. People only accept change in necessity and see necessity only in crisis.

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#16. There is no real peace in Europe, if the states are reconstituted on a basis of national sovereignty. ( ... ) They must have larger markets. Their prosperity is impossible, unless the States of Europe form themselves in a European Federation.

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#17. Make men work together show them that beyond their differences and geographical boundaries there lies a common interest.

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#18. The countries of Europe are too small to guarantee their peoples the necessary prosperity and social development. The European states must constitute themselves into a federation.

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#19. Everyone is ambition. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or to do.

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#20. Via money Europe could become political in five years

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