Best Animal Rights Thoughts
335 Animal Rights quotes by 174 unique authors
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Living creatures possess a moving soul and a certain spiritual superiority which in this respect make them similar to those who possess intellect (people) and…
— Nahmanides
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Apprehend God in all things, for God is in all things. Every single creature is full of God and is a book about God. Every…
— Meister Eckhart
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In the killing of animals there is cruelty, rage, and the accustoming of oneself to the bad habit of shedding innocent blood.
— Unknown Author
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To see the convulsions, agonies and tortures of a poor fellow-creature, whom they cannot restore nor recompense, dying to gratify luxury and tickle callous and…
— Unknown Author
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An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty. Men who have practiced tortures on animals without pity, relating them without shame, how can they still hold…
— Samuel Johnson
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SIR,-Your letter of February the 18th came to hand on the 1st instant; and the request of the history of my physical habits would have…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The habit of shedding blood, or even of seeing it shed, corrupts all sentiment of humanity.
— Unknown Author
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In the relations of humans with the animals, with the flowers, with all the objects of creation, there is a whole great ethic scarcely seen…
— Victor Hugo
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Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.
— Richard Wagner
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Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.
— John Galsworthy
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... man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows. I know we must…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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The current treatment of animals in the livestock trade definitely renders the consumption of meat as halachically unacceptable as the product of illegitimate means. ...…
— Unknown Author
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The Bible's emphasis is on the good treatment of animals, and not just the forbidding of cruel treatment.
— Billy Graham
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Whenever I visit a market and see the chickens crowded together in tiny cages that give them no room to move around and spread their…
— Dalai Lama
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In every country in the world, killing human beings is condemned. The Buddhist precept of non-killing extends even further, to include all living beings.
— Nhat Hanh
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We must look deeply. When we buy something or consume something, we may be participating in an act of killing. This precept [non-killing] reflects our…
— Nhat Hanh
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It's just that I have this funny objection to torturing small animals no matter how scrumptious their body parts might be. ... Our food industries…
— Ron Reagan
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If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat.
— Paul McCartney
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Letting cats and dogs have litters is tantamount to shooting shelter animals in the head since it kills their chances of adoption. Please do the…
— Steven Morrissey
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I don't believe there is any justifiable reason for killing any animal unless perhaps if it's killing you! That would be negotiable.
— Chrissie Hynde
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Morally speaking, we should be concerned for our whole environment.
— Dalai Lama
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The greatest thrill is not to kill- but to let live.
— Unknown Author
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There cannot be perfect civilization until Man realizes that the rights of every living creature are as sacred as his own.
— David Starr Jordan
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And so, with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings.
— Gautama Buddha
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Veganism gives us all the opportunity to say what we "stand for" in life- the ideal of healthy, humane living. Add decades to your life,…
— Donald Watson
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