Animals Quote by Christopher Hitchens

To attribute rights to animals is to ignore the purpose and justification of rights - to protect the interests of man.

— Alex Epstein

“If we understand “rights” to be legal protection against harm, then many animals already do have rights, and the idea of animal rights is…

— Cass R. Sunstein

“Those who emphasize animal rights have a more complicated task. They tend to urge that animals should be given rights to the extent that…

— Cass R. Sunstein

“The basis of all animal rights should be the Golden Rule: we should treat them as we would wish them to treat us, were…

— Christine Stevens

Animals have few rights, but they have every right to be here

— Anthony Douglas

What do you actually mean when you say human rights? Animals don't have rights in that sense.

— Princess Michael of Kent

“The phrase “animal rights” has been, and still is, employed most often to describe moral rights and social values in favor of compassion and…

— Paul Waldau

“Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind’s capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship. We…

— Matthew Scully

“Like us, animals feel love, joy, fear and pain, but they cannot grasp the spoken word. It is our obligation to speak on their…

— Sylvia Dolson

“Who are we to say dogs and cats have more rights than cows and pigs. They’re all conscious. They feel the same. They hurt…

— Izey Victoria Odiase

“Man is the reasoning animal. Such is the claim.”

— Mark Twain

“Some folks insist that believing in animal rights is like a religion. But religion asks followers to believe in things nobody can see, while…

— Craig Burton