Best Gary L. Francione Quotes
- Who I've been is not as important as who I'm becoming. Becoming
- We need to reshape the movement as one of grassroots activists, and not 'professional activists' who populate the seemingly endless number of national animal rights… Activism
- But if there were two dogs left in the universe and it were up to us as to whether they were allowed to breed so… All
- I certainly believe that we have a moral obligation to care for the dogs, cats, and other nonhumans whose existence we have caused or facilitated… Abolish
- We should take good care of the domestic animals we have brought into existence until they die. We should stop bringing more domestic animals into… Animal
- ...eating animals involves an intentional decision to participate in the suffering and death of nonhumans where there is no plausible moral justification. Animal
- If an animal has any rights at all, it's got the right not to be eaten. All
- The theory of animal rights simply is not consistent with the theory of animal welfare... Animal rights means dramatic social changes for humans and non-humans… Accepting
- Not only are the philosophies of animal rights and animal welfare separated by irreconcilable differences... the enactment of animal welfare measures actually impedes the achievement… Achieved
- We cannot talk simultaneously about animal rights and the 'humane' slaughter of animals. Animal
- I maintain that we ought to abolish the institution and stop causing or facilitating the existence of more 'companion' animals. Abolish
- We should stop bringing more domestic animals into existence. Animal
- There is no difference between sitting around the pit watching dogs fight and sitting around a summer barbecue roasting the corpses of tortured animals or… Animal
- Veganism must be the baseline if we are to have any hope of shifting the paradigm away from animals as things and toward animals as… Animal
- If you love animals but think that veganism is extreme, then you are confused about the meaning of love. Animal
- If you claim to 'love' animals but you eat animal products, you need to think critically about how you understand love. Animal
- It costs us so little to go vegan. It costs animals so much if we don't. Animal
- It's really not rocket science. If animals are not mere things; if they have moral value, we cannot justify eating, wearing, or using them particularly… Action
- Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who has had a… Animal
- We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals. Animal
- There is no moral distinction between fur and other materials made from animals, such as leather, which also is the result of the suffering and… Animal
- 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 think seriously about… Animal
- Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a sentient being is no more reason to deny the… Age
- People need to be educated so that they can make intelligent moral choices Choices
- In order to be a teacher you've got to be a student first Firsts