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> [If someone is killing, on a regular basis, thousands of animals, and if that person can only be stopped in one way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-vlasak/if-someone-is-killing-on-a-regular-basis-thousands-of-animals-and-if/)

[Jerry Vlasak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-vlasak/)

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> [Proving that profit is economically and morally justifiable, rather than the result of exploitation, has been a central preoccupation of neoclassical economists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-stanford/proving-that-profit-is-economically-and-morally-justifiable-rather/)

[Jim Stanford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-stanford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/jim-stanford-25932_economics_proving-that-profit-is-economically-and_656218.jpg)

> [“Exactly. Since it is morally justifiable, I have only to consider the question of personal risk. Surely a gentleman should not lay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/exactly-since-it-is-morally-justifiable-i-have-only-to-consider-the/)

[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/)

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> [If that means going onto their farms, releasing their animals and burning the place to the ground, that's morally justifiable, in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-vlasak/if-that-means-going-onto-their-farms-releasing-their-animals-and/)

[Jerry Vlasak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-vlasak/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50c/jerry-vlasak-20536_animal_if-that-means-going-onto-their-farms-rel_1622601.jpg)

> [If you had to hurt somebody or intimidate them or kill them, it would be morally justifiable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-vlasak/if-you-had-to-hurt-somebody-or-intimidate-them-or-kill-them-it-would/)

[Jerry Vlasak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-vlasak/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/618/jerry-vlasak-20536_animal-rights_if-you-had-to-hurt-somebody-or-intimidat_3181951.jpg)

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