[H]umanity has already entered a new phase of its history. I entered the age of Democracy. Let us wish and let us hope that all men on this earth will enjoy the blessing of freedom, and that when they attain it they will make prudent use of it.
Source: Quoted in a Press Release after his death; found at http://www.saeworld.org/news/1998/0427.html.
-- Constantine Karamanlis, (Mar 8 1907-1998), Greek political leader; Costas was prime minister of Greece, 1955-63; president, 1980-85 and 1990-94.