Humans treat animals as things that exist as means to human ends. That's morally wrong. Sexism promotes the idea that women are… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
If you claim to 'love' animals but you eat animal products, you need to think critically about how you understand love. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
People need to be educated so that they can make intelligent moral choices — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Domesticated animals such as dogs and cats are vulnerable and entirely dependent on us for all of their needs. They live very… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
We eat animals because they taste good. And if that's O.K., what's wrong with wearing fur? We need as a society to… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
You don't have to love animals to recognize that it is immoral and unjust to exploit them. But if you do love… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
We need to reshape the movement as one of grassroots activists, and not 'professional activists' who populate the seemingly endless number of… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Animal rights without veganism is like human rights with slavery. It makes no sense. None whatsoever. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Humans treat animals as things that exist as means to human ends. That's morally wrong. Sexism promotes the idea that women are things that… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“The notion that animals are not self-aware is based on nothing more than a stipulation that the only way to be self-aware is to… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
There is no morally coherent difference between fur and other animal clothing, such as leather, wool, etc., just as there is no morally coherent… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
We cannot talk simultaneously about animal rights and the 'humane' slaughter of animals. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
We can no more justify using nonhumans as human resources than we can justify human slavery. Animal use and slavery have at least one… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Not only are the philosophies of animal rights and animal welfare separated by irreconcilable differences... the enactment of animal welfare measures actually impedes the… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
There is increasing social concern about our use of nonhumans for experiments, food, clothing and entertainment. This concern about animals reflects both our own… — 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 there are.… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“Sentience is a means to the end of continued existence. Sentient beings, by virtue of their being sentient, have an interest in remaining alive;… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
It costs us so little to go vegan. It costs animals so much if we don't. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
