If I am full of confident hope concerning the progress of international organization in general, that feeling is based not so much on my confidence in the intelligence and high-mindedness of my fellows, but rather on the irresistible pressure of economic developments

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A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and The World As I See It: Albert Einstein Shares His Unique Perspective: Albert Einstein Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.

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