Food Quotes by Gary L. Francione

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

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

— Gary L. Francione

There is nothing more 'elitist' than thinking our palate pleasure can ever justify a second of suffering or a single death. Please…

— Gary L. Francione

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

— 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

Veganism is not a limitation in any way; it's an expansion of your love, your commitment to nonviolence, and your belief in…

— Gary L. Francione

Does veganism require a “sacrifice”? Yes. It requires that you give up that which you never had any right to in the…

— Gary L. Francione

Veganism is about nonviolence: nonviolence to other sentient beings; nonviolence to yourself; nonviolence to the earth.

— Gary L. Francione

Veganism is the application of the principle of abolition in your own life; it represents your recognition that animals are not things.…

— Gary L. Francione

There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to various human diseases…

— Gary L. Francione

Vegetarianism as a moral position is no more coherent than saying that you think it morally wrong to eat meat from a…

— Gary L. Francione

We are vegans not simply because being vegan will reduce suffering. We are vegan because every sentient being values her or his…

— Gary L. Francione

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

If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. It’s a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject…

— Gary L. Francione

Even if plants were sentient, veganism would still be a moral imperative given that it takes many pounds of plants to produce…

— Gary L. Francione

Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing…

— Gary L. Francione

The most important form of incremental change is the decision by the individual to become vegan. Veganism, or the eschewing of all…

— Gary L. Francione

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

— Gary L. Francione

There is no meaningful distinction between eating flesh and eating dairy or other animal products. Animals exploited in the dairy industry live…

— Gary L. Francione

Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she…

— Gary L. Francione

People say that being a vegan creates a social problem in that others may react negatively. But isnt that the case if…

— Gary L. Francione

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

— Gary L. Francione

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

— Gary L. Francione

“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

...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

If we can live and prosper without killing, why would we not do so? I do not see veganism as 'extreme' in…

— 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