Gary L. Francione Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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

Animals, or at least those who are conscious and capable of suffering or enjoying their lives, are not things for us to use in whatever way we find convenient.

Bolivia recently did what every country should do - banned the use of animals in circuses.

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

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.

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.

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.

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

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

Working in this industry, I have been exposed to so many products and now realize more than ever how cruel and unnecessary animal testing is.

I just don't think animals should be slaughtered for their fur.

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

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

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

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.

Man is the only animal that can be skinned more than once.

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