Animal Quote by Holmes Rolston III

“The myth of the radical animal rights activist is still alive and well today, thanks to some well-publicized stunts from over twenty years ago.…

— Shenita Etwaroo

“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

A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our time will…

— Michael Pollan

“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

I published a thesis about animal rights when I was studying in England in 1991. Back then, I was a human rights lawyer and…

— Park Won-soon

“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

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

Animal Rights is now the greatest Social Justice issue since the abolition of slavery.

— Philip Wollen

“Rights have to be asserted. Animals cannot make such assertions. We have to make representations to ourselves on their behalf.”

— Christopher Hitchens

I was very concerned about helping animals improve their situations. But that was out of love. It wasn't political or out of a belief…

— Sam Simon

The animal rights cause is something close to my heart and something I truly believe in.

— Alissa White-Gluz

Animal-rights advocates remind us of this admonition: The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.

— William Greider