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.

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

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

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

Building Union among people not cooperation between states

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

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