“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.”
Bishop Desmond Tutu
“Every writer should inevitably acknowledge the fact their book sales will never match those of the bible”
Daniel Robert O'Neill
“Zeal and sincerity can carry a new religion further than any other missionary except fire and sword”
Mark Twain
“Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not”
Oscar Wilde
“We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.”
Pearl S. Buck
“The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already”
Edward Abbey
“If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.”
Henry Louis Mencken
