“Jesus died to save men — a small thing for an immortal to do, & didn't save many, anyway; but if he had been damned for the race that would have been act of a size proper to a god, & would have saved the whole race. However, why should anybody want to save the human race, or damn it either? Does God want its society? Does Satan?”
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Mark Twain637
American author and humorist 1835–1910Related quotes
“Participation - that's what's gonna save the human race.”
Pete Seeger (1919–2014) American folk singer
“Let's save the human race, let's finish off the U. S. empire”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) 48th President of Venezuela
Hugo Chávez on the Islamic Republic Medal ceremony at Tehran University in Iran. July 30th, 2006. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/30/D8J6NURG0.html <br class="br">2006
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) British soldier and statesman
Remark to Thomas Creevey (18 June 1815), using the word nice in an older sense of "uncertain, delicately balanced", about the Battle of Waterloo. Creevy, a civilian, got a public interview with Wellington at headquarters, and quoted the remark in his book Creevey Papers (1903), in Ch. X, on p. 236; the phrase "a damned nice thing" has sometimes been paraphrased as "a damn close-run thing."
“The fuckers. There, I feel better. God-damned human race. There, I feel better.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
Josaia Waqabaca Fijian politician
On the opposition of Bainimarama, the Military commander, to many of the policies pursued by the present government.
Interview, 11 January 2006
William Paton Mackay (1839–1885) Scottish clergyman
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 81