Animals Quote by Matthew Scully

“at their disposal. So they assemble in protests to convey their objections. What’s wrong with that? A similar outpouring came recently from American Walter…

— Matthew Scully

Perhaps that is part of the animals' role among us, to awaken humility, to turn our minds back to the mystery of things, and…

— Matthew Scully

The truth is that at the White House and in Congress, you are as likely to find sympathy for animal issues among Republicans as…

— Matthew Scully

Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship. We…

— Matthew Scully

“When a man’s love of finery clouds his moral judgment, that is vanity. When he lets a demanding palate make his moral choices, that…

— Matthew Scully

“In any case I just cannot imagine attaching so much importance to any food or treat that I would grow irate or bitter at…

— Matthew Scully

Factory farming, like comparable evils throughout history, depends for its existence upon concealment. It depends on people either not noticing or willfully averting their…

— Matthew Scully

When we call something unfair or indecent or unconscionable or evil, when we speak of mercy and pity and compassion, those words have meaning,…

— Matthew Scully

Regarding factory-farmed animals We owe them a merciful death, and we owe them a merciful life. And when human beings cannot do something humanely,…

— Matthew Scully

An environmentalist can oppose factory farming because it's reckless stewardship. A conservative can oppose factory farming because it is destructive to small farmers and…

— Matthew Scully

“I think he overlook a phase: that empathy stage in our lives when we may begin to see even the commonest animals on their…

— Matthew Scully

“The corporate farmer is the absent farmer, the stranger on his own property, too important to worry about little details like whether a pig…

— Matthew Scully