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. — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
Premature ideas do not exist, one must bide one's time until the right moment comes along. — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
Men only act in a state of necessity and usually only recognise necessity in a situation of crisis. — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them. — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
To rewrite history on the bases of hypotheses which have not materialized is not only a fruitless task, but, in my eyes, meaningless. — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
Everyone is ambition. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or to do. — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
There is no real peace in Europe, if the states are reconstituted on a basis of national sovereignty. (…) They must have larger markets.… — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
“People only accept change in necessity and see necessity only in crisis.” — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
Nothing is possible without men; nothing is lasting without institutions. — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
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… — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
There will be no peace in Europe if the States rebuild themselves on the basis of national sovereignty, with its implications of prestige politics… — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
Have I said clearly enough that the Community we created is not an end in itself? It is a process of change, continuing in… — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
