Community Quote by Sara Bonnett Stein

Speciesism: A failure, in attitude or practice, to accord any nonhuman being equal consideration and respect

— Joan Dunayer

There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense,…

— Michel de Montaigne

Without argument the species would parish.

— Gerry Spence

I feel that we have a responsibility to try to do everything we can to protect species, and the best way to do that…

— Paul Watson

. . . As a so-called "civilized" people, and as members of a society in search of lasting peace in the world, we cannot…

— Nathaniel Altman

we raise them for us; that means we owe them some respect. nature is creul but we dont have to be. i wouldnt want…

— Temple Grandin

“Since, on a socio-economic level, there are myriad wrongs that need to be righted, a major problem for the species seems to be how…

— Tom Robbins

We all have a responsibility to protect endangered species, both for their sake and for the sake of our own future generations.

— Loretta Lynch

There is a certain consideration, and a general duty of humanity, that binds us not only to the animals, which have life and feeling,…

— Michel de Montaigne

Since after extinction no one will be present to take responsibility, we have to take full responsibility now.

— Jonathan Schell

Despite one or two minority appeals our society is not outraged at man's unremitting use of the animal world. Ecologists and environmentalists may talk…

— Andrew Linzey

It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.

— Dalai Lama