Animal ethics Quote by Jeremy Bentham

The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but rather, 'Can they suffer?'

— Jeremy Bentham

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

— Ellen Terry

There are no insuperable constitutional difficulties.

— Anonymous

The first is called insuperable, the second inseparable, the third singular.

— Richard Rolle

What else is it that should trace the insuperable line? Is it the faculty of reason or perhaps the faculty of discourse? But a…

— Jeremy Bentham

“The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but "Can they suffer?”

— Anonymous

People want their reason for living to be a singular thing, like a career or a relationship, because this makes an individual feel secure…

— Caroline Myss

“Sometimes you know the answer to a question deep down but you ask the question for some other reason.”

— Allan Dare Pearce

“To question reason is to trust it.”

— Mitch Stokes

It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests.

— Gautama Buddha

“The carnistic schema, which twists information so that nonsense seems to make perfect sense, also explains why we fail to see the absurdities of…

— Melanie Joy

“Whether we're talking about fish species, pigs, or some other eaten animal, is such suffering the most important thing in the world? Obviously not.…

— Jonathan Safran Foer