John Wyndham. The Cuckoos Of Midwich (№ 236699)

Do we think, will forgive us whether wolves or jackals, because we shoot? No. We think only about how to neutralize them faster. Our superiority is so complete that most of us have forgotten what it's like to fight with another species in person, myself. But when it comes to poverty, we do not feel regret; we do not give mercy and forgiveness, of course, do not ask.