Jean Monnet Quotes

Corporatists like Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet were bent on constructing the Brussels-based bureaucracy as a democracy-free zone. — Yanis Varoufakis

Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe. — Jean Monnet

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

Via money Europe could become political in five years — Jean Monnet

People only accept change in necessity and see necessity only in crisis. — Jean Monnet

Nothing important is done in the United States without lawyers. — Jean Monnet

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

Nothing is possible without men; nothing is lasting without institutions. — Jean Monnet

Nothing is possible without men, but nothing lasts without institutions. — Jean Monnet

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

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

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

Everybody is ambitious. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or ambitious to do. — Jean Monnet

Building Union among people not cooperation between states — Jean Monnet

There is no future for the people of Europe other than in union. — Jean Monnet

Make men work together show them that beyond their differences and geographical boundaries there lies a common interest. — Jean Monnet