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France is the nation of the rights of man. … I am sure that none of you commits the insult of thinking that the government, the army, or the administration could wish for and organize torture.

— Jean Monnet Speech on the war in French Algeria before French National Assembly (1957)

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Continue, continue, there is no future for the people of Europe other than in union.

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….

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

Through the consolidation of basic production and the institution of a new High Authority, whose decisions will bind France, Germany and the other countries that join, this proposal represents the first concrete step towards a European federation, imperative for the preservation of peace.

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