# Quote — Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad

> I wish Europe would let Russia annihilate Turkey a little--not much, but enough to make it difficult to find the place again without a divining-rod or a diving-bell.

- Author: [Mark Twain](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain.md)
- Book: [The Innocents Abroad](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/the-innocents-abroad.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_Twain#The_Innocents_Abroad_(1869)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [politics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics.md), [war](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/war.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/the-innocents-abroad/i-wish-europe

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