“[We are] the two great nations of broad-mindedness and wisdom that had pioneered human civilization. We will surely bring a cooperative and constructive partnership into the 21st century.”

— Shankar Dayal Sharma

Eric Pace in:; Dayal Sharma, 81, Former President of India http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/03/world/shankar-dayal-sharma-81-former-president-of-india.htmlShankar, The New York Times, 3 January 2000
At a banquet in China attended by President Jiang Zemin of China

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Indian politician 1918–1999

David Goodstein (1939) American physicist

Public lecture http://www.incubatepictures.com/notomorrow/making.shtml on peak oil and energy, November 2004.

“I have come to enhance dialogues, expand common ground, deepen mutual trust and cooperation, and to promote the all-around growth of constructive and cooperative China-U. S. relations in the 21st century.”

Hu Jintao (1942) former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China

2000s, White House speech (2006)

“India is the Saudi Arabia of human resources for the 21st century. The power that we used to get from oil in 20th century, we will get it from people like you in 21st century.”

Rahul Gandhi (1970) Indian politician

Rahul Gandhi: India is going to be 21st century Saudi Arabia, Rahul Gandhi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YOZOM0lROs

“I am convinced that unless America changes course, we will become the France of the 21st Century - still a great nation, but no longer the leader of the world.”

Mitt Romney (1947) American businessman and politician

[2008-02-08, Romney suspends White House bid, BBC News, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7233537.stm]
2008

“We need a Constitution that suits the needs of the 21st century and make sure that all communities live in harmony”

Maithripala Sirisena (1951) Sri Lankan politician, 7th President of Sri Lanka

Address to Parliament about changing the Constitution, quoted on Business Standard (January 11, 2016), "No secrecy in Sri Lanka's Constitution-making: Minister" http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/no-secrecy-in-sri-lanka-s-constitution-making-minister-116011100941_1.html

“Progress towards the civilization of the 21st century will certainly not be simple or easy.”

Mikhail Gorbachev (1931) General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Nobel Address (1991)
Context: Progress towards the civilization of the 21st century will certainly not be simple or easy. One cannot get rid overnight of the heavy legacy of the past or the dangers created in the post-war years. We are experiencing a turning point in international affairs and are only at the beginning of a new, and I hope mostly peaceful, lengthy period in the history of civilization.
With less East-West confrontation, or even none at all, old contradictions resurface, which seemed of secondary importance compared to the threat of nuclear war. The melting ice of the Cold War reveals old conflicts and claims, and entirely new problems accumulate rapidly.