"France is the nation of the rights of man. … I am sure that none of you commits the insult of thinking that the gover…"

"There will be no peace in Europe if the States rebuild themselves on the basis of national sovereignty, with its impl…"

"Through the consolidation of basic production and the institution of a new High Authority, whose decisions will bind …"

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

"[A]fter eighty-nine years of his life, Monnet remains, as he has been throughout, impregnably optimistic but not Utop…"

"Wir einigen keine Staaten, wir bringen Menschen einander näher."

"Let Man remember that he is the Master, but not a Tyrant."

"Le désir de s'enrichir est leur passion dominante, et à vrai dire leur seule passion."

"The Saviour arose into heaven through His own power as Lord and Creator...Mary arose into heaven lifted up by grace, …"

"How is it possible we should taste true joy for one moment, in this life, in which we are beset with miseries, and si…"