Park Won-soon Quotes

We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.

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

No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.

I'm such an advocate for animal rights and environmental rights.

Animal welfare issues have always been important to me.

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

To a certain extent, I think I've become an animal-rights person.

I have never really been fond of animals. I certainly wasn't an 'animal lover' when I became involved in the movement. I just came to be persuaded that animals should be treated as independent sentient beings, not as means to human ends.

I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'

I hope to bring much more attention to important issues and change for issues and practices that are harming animals.

We should all love animals.

I'm not anti-fox hunting because, to me, shooting foxes is even worse and the results are horrendous.

All of my friends are animal people. To me, cats are people, too. Animals are people, too. I travel a lot and when I go overseas, it's really hard on me because the animals are treated much differently, especially in developing countries.

If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about the treatment of even more defenceless non-human animals.

I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist.

When I first became involved with PETA, it was on an 'issue-by-issue' basis - they interviewed me in my old apartment about animal abuse in the circus as I sat on a leather sofa.

When I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.

We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defense of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience.

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals?

The more you learn about animals and animal rights - it's an intriguing, fascinating world.

A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our time will be for the rights of animals.

I think I've kind of been mistaken for somebody who's trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is I'm not qualified to be a spokesperson. I am passionate about it, but I'm not trying to make other people do what I do.

Because animals are property, we consider as 'humane treatment' that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.

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