Able Quote by J. M. Coetzee

There is increasing social concern about our use of nonhumans for experiments, food, clothing and entertainment. This concern about animals reflects both our own…

— Gary L. Francione

Experiments with animals have long been handicapped by our anthropocentric attitude: We often test them in ways that work fine with humans but not…

— Frans de Waal

The more we learn of the true nature of non-human animals, especially those with complex brains and corresponding complex social behavior, the more ethical…

— Jane Goodall

“In our day, there are stresses and fractures of the human-animal bond, and some forces at work would sever it once and for all.…

— Wayne Pacelle

Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment or for any exploitative purpose.

— Sharon Gannon

Even granting that we [humans] face greater harm than laboratory animals presently endure if ... research on these animals is stopped, the animal rights…

— Tom Regan

I think a human animal is far more wild and unpredictable and dangerous and destructive than any other animal.

— Jeff Corwin

“Discriminations suit animals, not humans. And yet, the unfortunate reality is, it is the humans that discriminate each other on the grounds of imaginary…

— Abhijit Naskar

I just think I'm better equipped to make a study of human personality than trying to get into the mind of animals.

— Sara Gruen

Even if animal experimentation was proved to be of value, it would be morally wrong.

— George Bernard Shaw

Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim.

— Albert Schweitzer

[I believe] that animals have a worth in and of themselves, and that they are not inferior to human beings but rather just different…

— Ingrid Newkirk