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Exterminate Quotes

Sober reflections on extinction, harm, and persecution.

This page includes quotes on ecological monoculture and speculative science, as well as a quote referencing the documented persecution of Christian and Yazidi communities by ISIS in Iraq and Syria. See related reflection at About quotes.

The purpose of farming is to deprive other species of the land and sequester it for our own use. But by perfecting the art of monoculture, it has become too easy for us to exterminate everything else, leaving no wild...

Quotes by Tristram Stuart

I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.

Quotes by Thomas Love Peacock

It's a very bad thing when people exterminate other people, and people persecute minorities.

Quotes by Paul Wolfowitz

I could do a whole talk on the question of is AI dangerous.' My response is that AI is not going to exterminate us. It's a tool that's going to empower us.

Quotes by Oren Etzioni

About Quotes

You cannot deny reality: that ISIS is systematically attempting to exterminate Christianity, to exterminate the Yazidi community, to exterminate other religious minorities in vast areas in Iraq and Syria.

Quotes by Jeff Fortenberry

If one group of people can exterminate another in the name of so-called religion, the world has no hope.

Quotes by Jeff Fortenberry

Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior.

Quotes by Jack Schwartz

It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species.

Quotes by David Attenborough

To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.

Quotes by Benjamin Spock

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Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of topics do these exterminate quotes cover?
They range from ecological concerns about monoculture farming to a serious reference to the persecution of religious minorities.
Does one of these quotes discuss a real historical event?
Yes, one quote references ISIS's documented campaign against Christian and Yazidi communities and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, described here as a factual, historical matter.
Is any quote here glorifying violence?
No, the quotes referencing persecution are presented soberly, as historical record, without endorsing or sensationalizing the events.
Are the ecological quotes related to the historical ones?
No, quotes about farming and monoculture are a separate, lighter theme about land use and species loss, unrelated to the historical reference.
Where can I read more related reflections?
See Attempt quotes for related sayings on difficult undertakings.

Some quotes here consider how farming practices crowd out other species, while one addresses real historical atrocities against religious minorities, discussed here factually and without glorifying violence. Browse Attempt quotes for related themes.