Quirrell, however, has shown no sign of having a “his people” of any sort. It’s fairly clear that Harry is the only person whose welfare he cares about other than his own, and that might well be for purely instrumental reasons.
With that said, a wizard-Muggle war would risk doing catastrophic damage to the world, and as he’s mentioned, he does happen to live in it and thus have a vested interest in its survival.
Yes, a misanthrope can still what the world and humanity to survive, and Quirrell has expressed both fear of Muggle weapons and a desire to see space travel succeed, both of which are very unusual for any wizard to even consider, much less care about. Draco, for instance, doesn’t even know humans have been to the moon until Harry tells him.
Quirrell, however, has shown no sign of having a “his people” of any sort. It’s fairly clear that Harry is the only person whose welfare he cares about other than his own, and that might well be for purely instrumental reasons.
With that said, a wizard-Muggle war would risk doing catastrophic damage to the world, and as he’s mentioned, he does happen to live in it and thus have a vested interest in its survival.
Yes, a misanthrope can still what the world and humanity to survive, and Quirrell has expressed both fear of Muggle weapons and a desire to see space travel succeed, both of which are very unusual for any wizard to even consider, much less care about. Draco, for instance, doesn’t even know humans have been to the moon until Harry tells him.
I would think that he would want wizards to win sheerly because they don’t have nuclear devices resting upon the whims of their politicians.