--- title: "6 Factories Quotes By Matthew Scully" description: "6 Factories quotes by Matthew Scully. Plus more from Matthew Scully and more Factories sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/matthew-scully-12509_animal_regarding-factory-farmed-animals-we-owe_462111.png" --- > [Regarding factory-farmed animals We owe them a merciful death, and we owe them a merciful life. And when human beings cannot do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/regarding-factory-farmed-animals-we-owe-them-a-merciful-death-and-we/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/matthew-scully-12509_animal_regarding-factory-farmed-animals-we-owe_462111.png) > [The smell of factory farms . . . many notice these places only when the odours reach their homes, affecting their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/the-smell-of-factory-farms-many-notice-these-places-only-when-the/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/matthew-scully-12509_animal_the-smell-of-factory-farms-many-notice-t_1547755.png) > [To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are production units,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/to-the-factory-farmer-in-contrast-to-the-traditional-farmer-with-his/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/matthew-scully-12509_animal_to-the-factory-farmer-in-contrast-to-the_1691588.png) > [I know a 'crime against nature' when I see one. It is usually a sign of crimes against nature that we cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/i-know-a-crime-against-nature-when-i-see-one-it-is-usually-a-sign-of/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/matthew-scully-12509_advise_i-know-a-crime-against-nature-when-i-see_2029975.png) > [The factory farm is . . . an obvious moral evil so sickening and horrendous. . . All this so we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/the-factory-farm-is-an-obvious-moral-evil-so-sickening-and-horrendous/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/matthew-scully-12509_accustomed_the-factory-farm-is-an-obvious-moral-evi_3049495.jpg) > [Factory farming isn't just killing: It is negation, a complete denial of the animal as a living being with his or her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/factory-farming-isn-t-just-killing-it-is-negation-a-complete-denial/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/matthew-scully-12509_animal_factory-farming-isn-t-just-killing-it-is_3097745.png) ## Other authors on Factories ## More by Matthew Scully > [“at their disposal. So they assemble in protests to convey their objections. What’s wrong with that? A similar outpouring came recently from American Walter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/at-their-disposal-so-they-assemble-in-protests-to-convey-their/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [Perhaps that is part of the animals' role among us, to awaken humility, to turn our minds back to the mystery of things, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/perhaps-that-is-part-of-the-animals-role-among-us-to-awaken-humility/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [The truth is that at the White House and in Congress, you are as likely to find sympathy for animal issues among Republicans as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/the-truth-is-that-at-the-white-house-and-in-congress-you-are-as/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/animals-are-more-than-ever-a-test-of-our-character-of-mankind-s/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [“When a man’s love of finery clouds his moral judgment, that is vanity. When he lets a demanding palate make his moral choices, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/when-a-man-s-love-of-finery-clouds-his-moral-judgment-that-is-vanity/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [“In any case I just cannot imagine attaching so much importance to any food or treat that I would grow irate or bitter at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/in-any-case-i-just-cannot-imagine-attaching-so-much-importance-to-any/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [Factory farming, like comparable evils throughout history, depends for its existence upon concealment. It depends on people either not noticing or willfully averting their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/factory-farming-like-comparable-evils-throughout-history-depends-for/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [When we call something unfair or indecent or unconscionable or evil, when we speak of mercy and pity and compassion, those words have meaning,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/when-we-call-something-unfair-or-indecent-or-unconscionable-or-evil/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [Regarding factory-farmed animals We owe them a merciful death, and we owe them a merciful life. And when human beings cannot do something humanely,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/regarding-factory-farmed-animals-we-owe-them-a-merciful-death-and-we/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [An environmentalist can oppose factory farming because it's reckless stewardship. A conservative can oppose factory farming because it is destructive to small farmers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/an-environmentalist-can-oppose-factory-farming-because-it-s-reckless/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [“I think he overlook a phase: that empathy stage in our lives when we may begin to see even the commonest animals on their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/i-think-he-overlook-a-phase-that-empathy-stage-in-our-lives-when-we/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [“The corporate farmer is the absent farmer, the stranger on his own property, too important to worry about little details like whether a pig…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/the-corporate-farmer-is-the-absent-farmer-the-stranger-on-his-own/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [“Reforms will come as all great reforms have always come in ridding us of evils against both man and animal--not as we change our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/reforms-will-come-as-all-great-reforms-have-always-come-in-ridding-us/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [“I know many people far more upright and conscientous than I am who disagree, who think nothing of it. I know that vegetarianism runs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/i-know-many-people-far-more-upright-and-conscientous-than-i-am-who/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) > [“If animals are just commodities, then we are just consumers, with no greater good than material pleasure and no higher law than appetite.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/if-animals-are-just-commodities-then-we-are-just-consumers-with-no/) [Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/factories/matthew-scully/#itemlist", "name": "6 Factories Quotes By Matthew Scully", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Regarding factory-farmed animals We owe them a merciful death, and we owe them a merciful life. 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