"An author describing the methods of intensive farming,……" — Matthew Scully
"An author describing the methods of intensive farming, or the excesses of sport hunting, or even the harsher uses of animals in science writes with confidence that most readers will share his sense of concern and indignation. Sounding the call to action-convincing people that change is not only necessary, but actually possible-is more problematic. In protecting animals from cruelty, it is always just one step from the mainstream to the fringe. To condemn the wrong is obvious, to suggest its abolition radical."
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28 Quotes by Matthew Scully
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When we shrink from the sight of something, when we shroud it in euphemism, that is usually a sign of…
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I know a 'crime against nature' when I see one. It is usually a sign of crimes against nature that…
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Animals have this way of constantly confronting us with ultimate questions - about truth and falsehood, guilt and innocence, God…
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Where we find wrongs done to animals, it is no excuse to say that more important wrongs are done to…
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Go into the largest livestock operation, search out the darkest and tiniest stall or pen, single out the filthiest, most…
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My point is that when you look at a rabbit and can see only a pest, or vermin, or a…
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To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are…
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Regarding factory-farmed animals We owe them a merciful death, and we owe them a merciful life. And when human beings…
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Religious people ... hold a kind and merciful view of life, the faith of the broken, the hounded, the hopeless.…
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Perhaps that is part of the animals' role among us, to awaken humility, to turn our minds back to the…
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The factory farm is . . . an obvious moral evil so sickening and horrendous. . . All this so…
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The smell of factory farms . . . many notice these places only when the odours reach their homes, affecting…
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I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the…
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Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of…
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.
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For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent…
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My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the…
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In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.…
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I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of…
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