There will be no peace in Europe if the States rebuild themselves on the basis of national sovereignty , with its implications of prestige politics and economic protection…. The countries of Europe are not strong enough individually to be able to guarantee prosperity and social development for their peoples. The States of Europe must therefore form a federation or a European entity that would make them into a common economic unit.

Author: Jean Monnet
Year: 1943
Year evidence: Speech to the French National Liberation Committee (5 August 1943)
Source: Quotes / Jean Monnet 1888-1979 — Speech to the French National Liberation Committee (5 August 1943)
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