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title: "2 Exploits Quotes By Tom Regan"
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> [Being kind to animals is not enough. Avoiding cruelty is not enough. Housing animals in more comfortable, larger cages is not enough. Whether we exploit animals to eat, to wear, to entertain us, or to learn, the truth of animal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/being-kind-to-animals-is-not-enough-avoiding-cruelty-is-not-enough/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

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> [The other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt, trap, and exploit in a variety of ways, have a life of their own that is of importance to them apart from their utility to us. They are not only in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/the-other-animals-humans-eat-use-in-science-hunt-trap-and-exploit-in/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

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## Other authors on Exploits

## More by Tom Regan

> [The world is not going to change overnight, nor in my lifetime, nor in my grandchildren's lifetime. But it will change, if we change,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/the-world-is-not-going-to-change-overnight-nor-in-my-lifetime-nor-in/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [I would encourage them never to forget that they were not always vegans. The self-righteousness of the recently converted hurts, it does not help,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/i-would-encourage-them-never-to-forget-that-they-were-not-always/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [“Because we have viewed other animals through the myopic lens of our self-importance, we have misperceived who and what they are. Because we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/because-we-have-viewed-other-animals-through-the-myopic-lens-of-our/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [Veganism affirms what is best for us, what is best for the animals, and what is best for the environment. Everywhere you look, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/veganism-affirms-what-is-best-for-us-what-is-best-for-the-animals-and/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [It is not an act of kindness to treat animals respectfully. It is an act of justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/it-is-not-an-act-of-kindness-to-treat-animals-respectfully-it-is-an/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [Being kind to animals is not enough. Avoiding cruelty is not enough. Housing animals in more comfortable, larger cages is not enough. Whether we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/being-kind-to-animals-is-not-enough-avoiding-cruelty-is-not-enough/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [Live your life in ways that do not support wars, whosoever are the victims.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/live-your-life-in-ways-that-do-not-support-wars-whosoever-are-the/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [If it were a retarded baby and a bright dog, I'd save the dog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/if-it-were-a-retarded-baby-and-a-bright-dog-i-d-save-the-dog/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [In a perfect world, we would not keep animals for our benefit, including pets,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/in-a-perfect-world-we-would-not-keep-animals-for-our-benefit/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [If abandoning animal research means that there are some things we cannot learn, then so be it ... We have no basic right ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/if-abandoning-animal-research-means-that-there-are-some-things-we/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [Never give other people another reason to ignore other animals. That's what we do when we come across as being so much better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/never-give-other-people-another-reason-to-ignore-other-animals-that-s/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [Once you become a vegan, the food of the world opens up to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/once-you-become-a-vegan-the-food-of-the-world-opens-up-to-you/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [The culture isn't set up to embrace what we think and feel. Any doubt about that, just watch the ads on TV. They tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/the-culture-isn-t-set-up-to-embrace-what-we-think-and-feel-any-doubt/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [The other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt, trap, and exploit in a variety of ways, have a life of their own that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/the-other-animals-humans-eat-use-in-science-hunt-trap-and-exploit-in/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

> [It is not larger, cleaner cages that justice demands...but empty cages; not traditional animal agriculture but a complete end to all commerce in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-regan/it-is-not-larger-cleaner-cages-that-justice-demands-but-empty-cages/)

[Tom Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-regan/)

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