“You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pretext.”

— John F. Kerry

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politician from the United States 1943

Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist

Source: There's Treasure Everywhere

“There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices.”

Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018) British politician and diplomat

Quoted in the Independent (25 November 1998).

“If the 19th [century] was the century of the individual (liberalism means individualism), you may consider that this is the "collective" century, and therefore the century of the state.”

Benito Mussolini book The Doctrine of Fascism

"The Doctrine of Fascism" (1932)
1930s

“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

“Just as women needed the help of the law to enter the workplace in the 20th century, men will need the help of the law to love their children in the 21st century.”

Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate

Source: Father and Child Reunion (2001), p. 122.

“I am the conscience of the 21st Century.”

Martin Firrell (1963) British artist and activist

Quoted in the International Herald Tribune (24 November 2005).

“The civil engineer is the real 19th century architect.”

William Burges (1827–1881) English architect

William Burges in: The Ecclesiologist, Vol. 28, 1867, p. 156: Cited in Crook (2004)

“I couldn't believe this could be true in the 21st century.”

AnnaSophia Robb (1993) American actress, singer, and model

On slavery in India.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation (2008)

“In 21st century government - as with 21st century business - there is no excuse for a poor flow of information, for failing to be aware of what similar organisations are doing, for lagging behind the times in terms of innovation and best practice.”

Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland

Scotland and Northern Ireland (June 18, 2007)

“What little time left is in this century is rehearsal time for the chief psychological chore of the 21st century: letting go, with dignity.”

Kevin Kelly (1952) American author and editor

Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995)

“You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pretext.”

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