Animals Quote by Amala Akkineni

In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots to rights,…

— Thomas Jefferson

“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

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

— Gary L. Francione

“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

“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

“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

“In accepting as two primary texts, Singer's Animal Liberation and Regan's The Case for Animal Rights--texts that valorize rationality--the animal defense movement reiterates a…

— Carol J. Adams

To attribute rights to animals is to ignore the purpose and justification of rights - to protect the interests of man.

— Alex Epstein

“Some folks insist that believing in animal rights is like a religion. But religion asks followers to believe in things nobody can see, while…

— Craig Burton

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