Bases Quote by Jean Monnet

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

— Jean Monnet

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

— Jean Monnet

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

— Jean Monnet

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

Nothing important is done in the United States without lawyers.

— Jean Monnet

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

— Jean Monnet

“People only accept change in necessity and see necessity only in crisis.”

— Jean Monnet

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

— Jean Monnet

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

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

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

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…

— Jean Monnet