Abraham Lincoln Quotes

To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.

I'm definitely an animal lover, and I stand up for all animals' rights.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.

We should all love animals.

Any abuse of animals is the same as abuse of men, women, or children.

I just don't like killing creatures.

Animal welfare issues have always been important to me.

I think, if you were being cruel to animals, then the thought of eating them would be horrific.

Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.

I have always been against cruelty to animals and remain so.

Conservatives like to think of animal protection as a trendy leftist cause, which makes it easier to brush off. And I hope that more of us will open our hearts to animals.

Killing a stag is like killing a child.

I wouldn't want to see any animal in pain, no matter what.

I don't eat animals. I rescue strays and take injured pigeons to the wildlife rehab. I carry spiders and wasps outside in a cup covered with a 3x5 card. It would only follow that I'd take pause when contemplating the abrupt and apparently brutal ending of a tiny human being's life, or even a potential human being's life.

The only thing that really depresses me is animal cruelty.

I have resigned from the human race. Look at the way we treat animals.

I don't like to see animals get hurt.

I would be more angry if an animal were treated cruelly than people, because people can defend themselves.

I appreciate people trying to stand up for animals.

The voiceless and most defenseless ones are the animals, so most of my attention goes to them.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

We don't let animals suffer, so why humans?

To a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. For with the latter it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the man who causes it is a criminal. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. If any man were to refer to it, he would be thought ridiculous. And that is the unpardonable crime.

In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.