Animal Quotes by Gary L. Francione

If you love animals but think that veganism is extreme, then you are confused about the meaning of love.

— Gary L. Francione

If you think that being vegan is difficult, imagine how difficult it is for animals that you are not vegan.

— Gary L. Francione

If an animal has any rights at all, it's got the right not to be eaten.

— Gary L. Francione

It costs us so little to go vegan. It costs animals so much if we don't.

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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.

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If you claim to 'love' animals but you eat animal products, you need to think critically about how you understand love.

— Gary L. Francione

Animal rights without veganism is like human rights with slavery. It makes no sense. None whatsoever.

— Gary L. Francione

We should stop bringing more domestic animals into existence.

— Gary L. Francione

...eating animals involves an intentional decision to participate in the suffering and death of nonhumans where there is no plausible moral justification.

— Gary L. Francione

They are nonhuman persons. They are not food. If animals matter morally at all, there is one and only one rational response:…

— Gary L. Francione

None of that is necessary. It's not as if we're in a situation where it is us or them.There's something peculiar about…

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There is no morally coherent difference between fur and other animal clothing, such as leather, wool, etc., just as there is no…

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We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defence of these uses…

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Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.

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We eat animals because they taste good. And if that's O.K., what's wrong with wearing fur? We need as a society to…

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Domesticated animals such as dogs and cats are vulnerable and entirely dependent on us for all of their needs. They live very…

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Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others…

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Humans treat animals as things that exist as means to human ends. That's morally wrong. Sexism promotes the idea that women are…

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The theory of animal rights simply is not consistent with the theory of animal welfare... Animal rights means dramatic social changes for…

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But if there were two dogs left in the universe and it were up to us as to whether they were allowed…

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“The notion that animals are not self-aware is based on nothing more than a stipulation that the only way to be self-aware…

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There is increasing social concern about our use of nonhumans for experiments, food, clothing and entertainment. This concern about animals reflects both…

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I certainly believe that we have a moral obligation to care for the dogs, cats, and other nonhumans whose existence we have…

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We can no more justify using nonhumans as human resources than we can justify human slavery. Animal use and slavery have at…

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I find it very annoying that so many animal advocates talk about the difficulty of being vegan. Many animal advocates are inclined…

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“If you are a feminist and are not a vegan, you are ignoring the exploitation of female nonhumans and the commodification of…

— Gary L. Francione

“As I discuss in Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog?, we may, in the lifeboat or burning-house situation, decide…

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Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course…

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“We should not be surprised that more and more people feel comfortable about consuming animal products. After all, they are being assured…

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“I reject animal welfare reform and single-issue campaigns because they are not only inconsistent with the claims of justice that we should…

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“Animals are property. There are laws that supposedly protect animal interests in being treated “humanely,” but that term is interpreted in large…

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We cannot talk simultaneously about animal rights and the 'humane' slaughter of animals.

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Being vegan provides us with the peace of knowing that we are no longer participants in the hideous violence that is animal…

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“If you really care about animals, then stop trying to figure out how to exploit them 'compassionately'. Just stop exploiting them.”

— Gary L. Francione

We should take good care of the domestic animals we have brought into existence until they die. We should stop bringing more…

— Gary L. Francione

There is no difference between sitting around the pit watching dogs fight and sitting around a summer barbecue roasting the corpses of…

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If you care about animals, there is one and only one choice: go vegan. Can you choose not to be vegan? Sure.…

— Gary L. Francione

You don't have to love animals to recognize that it is immoral and unjust to exploit them. But if you do love…

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Being vegan is not just a matter of being 'kind' to animals. First and foremost, it is a matter of being just…

— Gary L. Francione

Most of the time, those who use animals in experiments justify that use by pointing to alleged benefits to human and animal…

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