we know how to struggle and how to fight for something. I can assure you that if we just have enough financial means, Czechoslovakia will be a world paradise as far as monuments are concerned. "Economic strength and self-confidence often do not go together.
對於富庶的西方世界，他有自己的看法，他看到了「醜陋的現代建築」拔地而起，也注意到西方年輕人的閒適散漫，「我們知道如何為理想奮鬥，我可以向你保證，只要有足夠的經濟條件，捷克會成為世界上的古蹟天堂！」