We can no more justify using nonhumans as human resources than we can justify human slavery. Animal use and slavery have at… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Any serious social, political, and economic change must include veganism. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The distinction between meat and other animal products is total nonsense. Vegetarianism is a morally incoherent position. If you regard animals as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When it comes to animal agriculture, there is conventional, which is rally hideous, and 'compassionate' and 'certified humane' or whatever, which 'may'… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There are some animal advocates who say that to maintain that veganism is the moral baseline is objectionable because it is “judgmental,”… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“Animals are property. There are laws that supposedly protect animal interests in being treated “humanely,” but that term is interpreted in large… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Welfare reforms and the whole “happy” exploitation movement are not “baby steps.” They are big steps–in a seriously backward direction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Speciesism is morally objectionable because, like racism, sexism, and heterosexism, it links personhood with an irrelevant criterion. Those who reject speciesism are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“An abolitionist is, as I have developed that notion, one who (1) maintains that we cannot justify animal use, however “humane” it… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The rights paradigm, which, as I interpret it, morally requires the abolition of animal exploitation and requires veganism as a matter of… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
To say that a being who is sentient has no interest in continuing to live is like saying that a being with… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“We should always be clear that animal exploitation is wrong because it involves speciesism. And speciesism is wrong because, like racism, sexism,… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“I am opposed to animal welfare campaigns for two reasons. First, if animal use cannot be morally justified, then we ought to… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“If we take the position that an assessment that veganism is morally preferable to vegetarianism is not possible because we are all… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
Every time you drink a glass of milk or eat a piece of cheese, you harm a mother. Please go vegan. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“If we are ever going to see a paradigm shift, we have to be clear about how we want the present paradigm… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
So it is always preferable to discuss the matter of veganism in a non-judgemental way. Remember that to most people, eating flesh… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I reject animal welfare reform and single-issue campaigns because they are not only inconsistent with the claims of justice that we should… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
