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...the nervous systems of other animals were not artificially constructed - as a robot might be artificially constructed - to mimic the pain behavior of… — Peter Singer
Typically, defenders of experiments on animals do not deny that animals suffer. They cannot deny the animals' suffering, because they need to stress the similarities… — Peter Singer
Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being. We are constantly reminded that the one superiority that man has over other… — Harry Lorayne
But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals. — Thomas Aquinas
The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man… — Pythagoras
The problem ... is that we have run out of dinosaurs to form oil with. Scientists working for the Department of Energy have tried to… — Dave Barry
The matter of the abuse and cruelty we inflict on other animals has to fight for our attention in what sometimes seems an already overfull… — Desmond Tutu
I'm always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them with respect. — Jane Goodall
Burning carbon-based substances like oil, gas, and especially coal, produces billions of tons of extra carbon dioxide each year. Methane gas from cows and pigs… — Bill Nye
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals,… — Quintilian
When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when… — Jeremy Rifkin
The belief that the animals exist because God created them - and that he created them so we can better meet our needs - is… — Peter Singer
In conditions of uncertainty, humans, like other animals, herd together for protection. — James Surowiecki
Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting. — Jonathan Swift
Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
There is little evidence that other animals judge the appropriateness of actions that do not directly affect themselves. — Frans de Waal
We talk of wild animals but man is the only wild animal. It is man that has broken out. All other animals are tame animals;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Two things significantly distinguish human beings from the other animals; an interest in the past and the possibility of language. Brought together they make a… — Jeanette Winterson
Humans — who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals — have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain. A… — Carl Sagan
Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps… — Miguel de Unamuno
We don’t like to think of ourselves as prey—it is a lessening thought—but the truth is that in our arrogance and so-called knowledge we forget… — Gary Paulsen
Although other animals may be different from us, this does not make them LESS than us — Marc Bekoff
Many animals experience pain, anxiety and suffering, physically and psychologically, when they are held in captivity or subjected to starvation, social isolation, physical restraint, or… — Marc Bekoff
...along with the other animals, the stones, the trees, and the clouds, we ourselves are characters within a huge story that is visibly unfolding all… — David Abram
Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other… — Christopher Hitchens

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