“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
“Sentience is not an end in itself. It is a means to the end of staying alive. Sentient beings use sensations of… — Francione, Gary L Copy Share Image
“[... Dance] involves every possible feeling (as potential), because it is of the body, which is lived (inescapably) as a body of… — Sondra Horton Fraleigh Copy Share Image
“Along with people in other creative professions, such as artists and musicians, many scientists experience this transcendence. I do so every day.… — Frans de Waal 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
“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
“I feel as though dispossessed from the semblances of some crystalline reality to which I’d grown accustomed, and to some degree, had… — Ashim Shanker 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
“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 sentient being is not harmed by death denies that the being has the very interest that sentience serves… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image