Animal - rights Quote by Jonathan Safran Foer

“Whatever my own practice may be, I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual…

— Henry David Thoreau

“We are the ones of whom it will be fairly asked, What did you do when you learned the truth of about eating animals?”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“Some speak of the savagery of beasts. I will ever prefer that to the thoughtless contempt some men have toward animals.”

— Robin Hobb

“Mankind is close to savagery and must live by rules. If not, we would sink into our own animal nature and perish.”

— Noah Gordon

“With the weight of four thousand years of cannibalism bearing down upon me, even if I was once innocent how can I now face…

— Lu Xun

When we reflect upon the cruelties daily practised upon such of the animal creation as are given us for food, or which we ensnarefor…

— Samuel Richardson

“What if there were labeling on our food letting us know how many animals were killed to bring our desired animal to our plate?”

— Johnathan Safran Foer

“You cannot kill and eat animals and expect to help them, much less challenge the food system that profits from our choice to keep…

— James McWilliams

“No decent person deliberately chooses to be violent or cruel. We must remove our blinkers and learn that in order to live according to…

— Mango Wodzak

“Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.”

— Confucius

“Could a creature who had to look upon ordinary people literally as food and shelter ever understand how strongly those people valued life?”

— Octavia E. Butler

“We send one species to the butcher and give our love and kindness to another apparently for no reason other than because it's the…

— Melanie Joy