Animal Quote by Donald Watson

“The plain fact is that this country and other industrial countries are deeply dependent on animal exploitation to sustain their present economic structures. The…

— Gary Francione

“Much as we live in an economic and social order that is structured to exploit people, we live in one that is structured to…

— Bob Torres

“Animal welfarism is a blatant lie. Anyone who truly cares for the welfare of another, would never dream of exploiting them. For just as…

— Mango Wodzak

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much…

— Alexander Herzen

“Given that animals are nothing more than mere tools for the production of capital, the only way to abolish their exploitation is to challenge…

— Bob Torres

The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the…

— Oscar Wilde

For at the same time many people seem eager to extend the circle of our moral consideration to animals, in our factory farms and…

— Michael Pollan

We can no more justify using nonhumans as human resources than we can justify human slavery. Animal use and slavery have at least one…

— Gary L. Francione

The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.

— Oscar Wilde

The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth.

— George Orwell

Our economic order is tightly woven around the exploitation of animals, and while it may seem easy to dismiss concern about animals as the…

— Bob Torres

Civilization is only possible for deeply unpleasant animals. It is only an ape that can be truly civilized.

— Mark Rowlands