Roger Tory Peterson Quotes

I really believe that we have a responsibility, almost a sacred responsibility, to the animals that share this planet with us.

Perhaps the time has come to formulate a moral code which would govern our relations with the great creatures of the sea as well as with those on dry land. That this will come to pass is my dear wish.

Animals are not our playthings. We are on this earth to protect them. It's our duty.

I think animals help us live; they've helped me live. It was only when I began to devote myself to protecting animals that I blossomed completely. Taking care of them, looking out for them, has given my life true meaning, a meaning I hope future generations can experience.

Mankind's real moral test, a test so radical and so deep that it escapes our gaze, is probably the one of its relations with those that are the most at its mercy; the Animals.

We each have a moral obligation to conserve and preserve beauty in this world; there is none to waste.

Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being? The time will come when humanity will extend its mantle over everything which breathes.

Remember that the animals and plants have no M.P. they can write to; they can't perform sit-down strikes or, indeed, strikes of any sort; they have nobody to speak for them except us, the human beings who share the world with them but do not own it.

If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them," said Pooh.

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

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.

Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.

I'm going to do as much as I can for the animal world, and I'll never stop.

Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.

People protect what they love.

I believe in preventing cruelty to all living beings in any form.

As I listened, it occurred to me that interest in and affection for the animals that share the planet with us may be a more unifying force than any other.

At any rate, we can see that they are given into our care, that we cannot just do whatever we want with them. Animals, too, are God's creatures.

I believe in building a peaceful world that is also a safe place for animals.

I was always into animals and animal protection, ever since I was growing up.

I believe that animals are on the planet so that we can know love and compassion.

As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

Cow protection means protection of the weak, the helpless, the dumb and the deaf.

We are beginning to learn that each animal has a life and a place and a role in this world. If we place compassion and care in the middle of all our dealings with the animal world and honor and respect their lives, our attitudes will change.