Accepting Quote by Gary L. Francione

Animal rights can be as extreme as not riding a horse, or not wearing leather, not having a pet at all. Animal welfare advocates…

— Eric Goode

Not only are the philosophies of animal rights and animal welfare separated by irreconcilable differences... the enactment of animal welfare measures actually impedes the…

— Gary L. Francione

There is animal rights and animals rights organizations like PETA, then there's animal welfare, which is very different than animal rights.

— Eric Goode

“Animal rights theory seeks to move at least some nonhumans from the “thing” side of the “person / thing” dualism over to the “person”…

— Francione, Gary L

“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

“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

“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

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

— Princess Michael of Kent

99% of our uses of animals, including our numerically most significant use of them for food, do not involve any sort of necessity or…

— Gary L. Francione

Animal rights is a part of my everyday life. When you live by example, you create a certain level of awareness. Friends of mine…

— Joaquin Phoenix

To be 'for animals' is not to be 'against humanity.' To require others to treat animals justly, as their rights require, is not to…

— Tom Regan

“As the English historian Marc Gold wrote in 1995, “The term animal rights is nothing more than a useful kind of shorthand for a…

— Paul Waldau