To attribute rights to animals is to ignore the purpose and justification of rights - to protect the interests of man. — Alex Epstein Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, my interest is not in legal rights for animals but in a change of heart towards animals. — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
What do you actually mean when you say human rights? Animals don't have rights in that sense. — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
There is animal rights and animals rights organizations like PETA, then there's animal welfare, which is very different than animal rights. — Eric Goode Copy Share Image
If intelligence and capability are not criteria for the possession of rights, why would animals -who have the capacity to feel fear… — Jack Norris Copy Share Image
Rights give rise to legal claims. Ultimately, the more rights animals are granted, the greater the legal lien exercised on their behalf… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
My own experience has taught me not to underestimate the power of those who protest against cruelty. I'd also say that there… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I don't hold animals superior or even equal to humans. The whole case for behaving decently to animals rests on the fact… — Brigid Brophy Copy Share Image
. . . As a so-called "civilized" people, and as members of a society in search of lasting peace in the world,… — Nathaniel Altman Copy Share Image
