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 to the decent ethic of husbandry those farmers live by. A religious person can oppose factory… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
“Such terrifying powers we possess, but what a sorry lot of gods some men are. And the worst of it is not the cruelty but the arrogance, the sheer hubris of those who bring only violence and fear into the… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
“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… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
Perhaps that is part of the animals' role among us, to awaken humility, to turn our minds back to the mystery of things, and… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
The truth is that at the White House and in Congress, you are as likely to find sympathy for animal issues among Republicans as… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
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… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
“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… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
“In any case I just cannot imagine attaching so much importance to any food or treat that I would grow irate or bitter at… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
Factory farming, like comparable evils throughout history, depends for its existence upon concealment. It depends on people either not noticing or willfully averting their… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
When we call something unfair or indecent or unconscionable or evil, when we speak of mercy and pity and compassion, those words have meaning,… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
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,… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
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… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
“I think he overlook a phase: that empathy stage in our lives when we may begin to see even the commonest animals on their… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
“The corporate farmer is the absent farmer, the stranger on his own property, too important to worry about little details like whether a pig… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
