Sonny Bono Quotes

Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do.

I'm an animal rights activist because I believe we won't have a planet if we continue to behave toward other species the way we do.

Four legs good, two legs bad.

Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man.

And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.

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

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

Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a sentient being is no more reason to deny the protection of this basic right than race, sex, age, or sexual orientation is a reason to deny membership in the human moral community to other humans.

Too often, animal-rights supporters seem to care about animals to the exclusion of people.

I support the rights of non-humans wholeheartedly with my voice, my money, my presence, my writing and any other way I can.

If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry.

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

We eat animals because they taste good. And if that's O.K., what's wrong with wearing fur? We need as a society to think seriously about our institutionalized animal use.

We're all animals.

We should all love animals.

I just don't like killing creatures.

There is increasing social concern about our use of nonhumans for experiments, food, clothing and entertainment. This concern about animals reflects both our own moral development as a civilization and our recognition that the differences between humans and animals are, for the most part, differences of degree and not of kind.

Animals weren't put on this earth to entertain us.

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.

PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness.

While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.

You shouldn't say 'animals' to distinguish between humans and non-humans. We are all animals.

Killing a stag is like killing a child. What's the difference?

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