Jean Monnet, the first quote is from 1943:
“There will be no peace in Europe, if the states are reconstituted on the basis of national sovereignty… The European states must constitute themselves into a federation.”
And later:
“Europe’s nations should be guided towards the superstate without their people understanding what is happening. This can be accomplished by successive steps, each disguised as having an economic purpose but which will irreversibly lead to federation.”
yes indeed.
the ruling elites of all countries frequently try to hide their real machinations from the citizens (or sheeple)...
and they can be very arrogant about it, too