Animal Quote by Alex Epstein

“If we understand “rights” to be legal protection against harm, then many animals already do have rights, and the idea of animal rights is…

— Cass R. Sunstein

What do you actually mean when you say human rights? Animals don't have rights in that sense.

— Princess Michael of Kent

If an animal has any rights at all, it's got the right not to be eaten.

— Gary L. Francione

Animal rights can be as extreme as not riding a horse, or not wearing leather, not having a pet at all. Animal welfare advocates…

— Eric Goode

“Rights have to be asserted. Animals cannot make such assertions. We have to make representations to ourselves on their behalf.”

— Christopher Hitchens

Animals have few rights, but they have every right to be here

— Anthony Douglas

“Animals are property. There are laws that supposedly protect animal interests in being treated “humanely,” but that term is interpreted in large part to…

— Gary L. Francione

“The basis of all animal rights should be the Golden Rule: we should treat them as we would wish them to treat us, were…

— Christine Stevens

The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that…

— J. M. Coetzee

“The phrase “animal rights” has been, and still is, employed most often to describe moral rights and social values in favor of compassion and…

— Paul Waldau

Animals are complicated and so is the animal-rights opposition. It's hard to read motives in animals, and hard to read motives in politics.

— Bette Ford

All animals, including humans, have a right to lives of dignity and respect, without forced intrusions.

— Marc Bekoff