Animal Quote by Henry David Thoreau

I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former…

— Henry David Thoreau

I will not allow mere names to make distinctions for me, but still see men in herds for all them

— Henry David Thoreau

I always see those of whom I have heard well with a slight disappointment. They are so much better than the great herd, and…

— Henry David Thoreau

“There are none happy in the world but beings who enjoy freely a vast horizon"—said Damodara, when his herds required new and larger pastures.”

— Henry David Thoreau

The measure discriminates definitely against products which make up what has been universally considered a program of safe farming. The bill upholds as ideals…

— Calvin Coolidge

Today's fishing industry supplies land farms with fish as well. Over fifty percent of the fish caught is fed to livestock on factory farms…

— Sharon Gannon

When I travel around the world, I see that poor countries sell their grain to the West while their own children starve in their…

— Philip Wollen

The fact is that there is enough food in the world for everyone. But tragically, much of the world's food and land resources are…

— Walden Bello

In Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, the government in a matter of years has put a lot of energy behind recycling food waste as…

— Tristram Stuart

“The peasants who had more land or livestock than others were the first to lose what they had. A”

— Timothy Snyder

Graciousness, courtesy, compassion-this is hesed. Hesed is a quality that extends even to the animals and the land. The sabbath rest principle of Hebrew…

— Richard J. Foster

Being vegan or vegetarian isn't just about compassion for animals. Most of the destruction of the planet is the result of all the clear-cutting,…

— William McNamara