Abolition Quote by Philip Wollen

“If we understand “rights” to be legal protection against harm, then many animals already do have rights, and the idea of animal rights is…

— Cass R. Sunstein

“The phrase “animal rights” has been, and still is, employed most often to describe moral rights and social values in favor of compassion and…

— Paul Waldau

Animal rights can be as extreme as not riding a horse, or not wearing leather, not having a pet at all. Animal welfare advocates…

— Eric Goode

People say, "Oh, we ought to fight for animal rights." We fought for human rights, but even if humans have rights, they can still…

— Jane Goodall

I'd say that animal rights and environmental issues have always been at the forefront of my mind.

— Corey Feldman

I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.

— Abraham Lincoln

I was very concerned about helping animals improve their situations. But that was out of love. It wasn't political or out of a belief…

— Sam Simon

“As the English historian Marc Gold wrote in 1995, “The term animal rights is nothing more than a useful kind of shorthand for a…

— Paul Waldau

The animal rights cause is something close to my heart and something I truly believe in.

— Alissa White-Gluz

“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

A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our time will…

— Michael Pollan

The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that…

— J. M. Coetzee