Humane Quotes

263 quotes by 220 authors

Even if I am simply one more woman laying one more brick in the foundation of a new and more humane world, it is enough… — Judy Chicago
In actual fact the pacifistic-humane idea is perfectly all right perhaps when the highest type of man has previously conquered and subjected the world to… — Adolf Hitler
Thus far women have been the mere echoes of men. Our laws and constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the customs of social life are… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Above all things, lose no occasion of exercising your dispositions to be grateful, to be generous, to be charitable, to be humane, to be true,… — Thomas Jefferson
The praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity;â€”war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has been stripped of… — Alexander Hamilton
You may ask what kind of a republic I dream of. Let me reply: I dream of a republic independent, free, and democratic, of a… — Vaclav Havel
The Humane Society of the United States works with local Humane Societies across the country. We don't control every local Humane Society in this nation.… — Wayne Pacelle
It is not larger, cleaner cages that justice demands...but empty cages; not traditional animal agriculture but a complete end to all commerce in the flesh… — Tom Regan
The elemental fact, present in our consciousness every moment of our existence, is: I am life that wills to live, in the midst of life… — Albert Schweitzer
Of course, literature is the only spiritual and humane career. Even painting tends to dumness, and music turns people erotic, whereas the more you write… — Virginia Woolf
I feel we all have the obligation, myself. I want to live in a more humane, civilized society, and I feel like the only way… — Natalie Merchant
We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention,… — Irving Babbitt
There cannot always be fresh fields of conquest by the knife; there must be portions of the human frame that will ever remain sacred from… — John Eric Erichsen
I appeal to the chemists to discover a humane gas that will kill instantly and painlessly. In short- a gentlemanly gas deadly by all means,… — George Bernard Shaw
Part of being a revolutionary is creating a vision that is more humane. That is more fun, too. That is more loving. It's really working… — Assata Shakur
I was most impressed with the professionalism of our soldiers stationed there, and I am now more confident than ever that that the operations at… — Jim Ryun
I believe we can create a truly humane, sustainable, and health food production system without killing any animals. I imagine a revolution in veganic agriculture… — Gene Baur
Veganism isnâ€™t just a strict vegetarian diet; it is a complete philosophical viewpoint. It is practical in outlook, simple to understand and aspires to the… — Howard Lyman
I confess that I cannot understand how we can plot, lie, cheat and commit murder abroad and remain humane, honorable, trustworthy and trusted at home. — Archibald Cox
It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give… — Andrew Jackson

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