Some other words of the planning official express well the thoughts of most his countrymen: "The Dutch never think small. From time immemorial we have been a people that adapt to and change our environment. The Dutch will never die."
莫斯主任的一句話或可代表大多數荷蘭人的想法：「荷蘭人從不言小；從古至今，我們有的是能適應環境、改造環境的人民，荷蘭人不會被淘汰的。」