Courtesy Quote by Mercy Otis Warren

cruelty to animals is contrary to man's duty to himself, because it deadens in him the feeling of sympathy for their sufferings, and thus…

— Immanuel Kant

I do not see why man should not be as cruel as nature

— Adolf Hitler

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.

— Robinson Jeffers

I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature.

— Adolf Hitler

There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill natured.

— E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.

— Thomas Hardy

Whoever possesses the will to suffering within himself has a different attitude towards cruelty: he does not regard it as inherently harmful and bad.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Man's inhumanity to man is only surpassed by his cruelty to animals

— George Bernard Shaw

“Cruelty is not taught. It is as certain as a compass point. One can be instructed in the specifics of cruelty, like one can…

— Lee Thomas

There is in man a specific lust for cruelty which infects even his passion of pity and makes it savage.

— George Bernard Shaw

Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn't hurt anybody, because whatever you do comes…

— Willie Nelson

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

— Jodie Foster