Active Quote by John Philpot Curran

Indolent people, whatever taste they may have for society, seek eagerly for pleasure, and find nothing. They have an empty head and seared hearts.

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

“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

“The maintenance of high standards of behavior in nonviolent action is necessary at all stages of the conflict.”

— Gene Sharp

Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

. . . As a so-called "civilized" people, and as members of a society in search of lasting peace in the world, we cannot…

— Nathaniel Altman

The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights.

— Thomas Jefferson

Time and time again we forget all too easily that nonviolent action embraces a wide and imaginative range of behavior which can always be…

— Petra Kelly

The greatest right of a civilized person is to be left alone, unless he does harm to others or is threatening to do harm…

— Arthur Goldberg

In our own native land, in defense of the freedom that is our birthright and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of…

— Thomas Jefferson

When human rights are abused on a grand scale, the broth of purity boils and feeds the rebellion of a new order.

— James A. Baldwin

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the…

— James Payn

What I think about vivisection is that if people admit that they have the right to take or endanger the life of living beings…

— Anonymous