If we desire a certain type of civilisation and culture we … - George Bernard Shaw

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If we desire a certain type of civilisation and culture we must exterminate the sort of people who do not fit into it.

George Bernard Shaw

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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist with a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory. He wrote more than sixty plays, including such works as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.

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Alternative Names: Bernard Shaw • G.B. Shaw • G. Bernard Shaw

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If we desire a certain type of civilisation and culture we must exterminate the sort of people who do not fit into it. - George Bernard Shaw

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