Yquotes.com

 

I couldn't believe this could be true in the 21st century.
--
On slavery in India.

 

AnnaSophia Robb

» AnnaSophia Robb - all quotes »

Similar quotes

 

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

 

Paddy Ashdown

 

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

 

This is not an argument for levelling down but for raising up. The means for doing this are there. What matters is the will to do it. We all have a responsibility to ensure that the contours of the global economic map in the 21st century are not as steep and uneven as those of the 20th century.

 

Peter Dicken

 

What we are seeing is the rise of new oligarchies. It is almost as if the 19th century is returning to the 21st century where we are going to live in a world where most of us are disempowered, most of us permanently struggle, most of us can't make ends meet, all the while a very small elite at the top is reaping vast rewards.

 

Phillip Blond

 

Toynbee predicted: "At the close of this century, the world would be dominated by the West, but that in the 21st century 'India will conquer her conquerors.'"

 

Arnold Joseph Toynbee