Humanely Quotes
28 quotes by 26 authors
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Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then…
— Adam Michnik
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The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one
— Wilhelm Stekel
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... what we can be positive about is what we have just said, namely that they must be given the right education, whatever that may…
— Plato
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My view is different from this, only to the extent that if a decision is taken, by the parents and doctors, that it is better…
— Peter Singer
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Regarding factory-farmed animals We owe them a merciful death, and we owe them a merciful life. And when human beings cannot do something humanely, without…
— Matthew Scully
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The indescribable innocence and beneficence of Nature-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter-such health, such cheer, they afford forever! and such sympathy…
— Henry David Thoreau
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The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables us…
— Carl L. Becker
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
— Larry Elder
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If I think the universe is triangular, and you think it is square, there cannot be room for two universes. We may argue politely, we…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It is important to use all knowledge ethically, humanely, and lovingly.
— Carol Lynn Pearson
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I don't want to paint myself as some kind of saint - that would be laughable - but I do think I've been able over…
— Robert Draper
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What every prime minister struggles with and every leader struggles with is how to balance the two objectives; firstly that of ensuring that all asylum…
— Malcolm Turnbull
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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great…
— Bertrand Russell
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We need to learn how to capture and kill wild fish humanely - or, if that is not possible, to find less cruel and more…
— Peter Singer
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Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who understand, values and…
— Virginia Satir
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The wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one;…
— Mark Twain
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We can no more justify using nonhumans as human resources than we can justify human slavery. Animal use and slavery have at least one important…
— Gary L. Francione
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It would be easy to become a victim of our circumstances and continue feeling sad, scared or angry; or instead, we could choose to deal…
— Erin Gruwell
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If you are called upon to govern humans, treat them humanely.
— Mikhail Kalinin
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It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being.
— Henry David Thoreau
Who Wrote These Humanely Quotes
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