Humanity Quotes

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Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others… — Eric Hoffer
We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within all things: the… — Black Elk
If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as 'human rights'? How smart… — Carl Sagan
But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life… — Plutarch
All cruelty springs from weakness. — Seneca the Younger
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. — Paul Harvey
Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story. — Mary Tyler Moore
The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. — Konrad Lorenz
By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe. — Albert Schweitzer
Dogs, bless them, operate on the premise that human beings are fragile and require incessant applications of affection and reassurance. The random lick of a… — Mary McGrory
...and we have so far improved upon the custom of Adam and Eve, that we generally furnish forth our feasts with a portion of some… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Women should be protected from anyone's exercise of unrighteous power... but then, so should every other living creature. — George Eliot
The most violent weapon on earth is the table fork. — Mahatma Gandhi
There is in all animals a sense of duty that man condescends to call instinct. — Robert Breault
Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character. — George Bernard Shaw
He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath… — Alfred the Great
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit.… — Albert Schweitzer
Deliberate cruelty to our defenceless and beautiful little cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can… — William Ralph Inge
I think there will come a time when civilized people will look back in horror on our generation and the ones that have preceded it;… — Dennis Weaver
Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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