Animal Rights Quotes

Just like birds, hunters know no borders.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times, despite the efforts of modern science.

If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side.

We kill the chickens to scare the monkeys.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.

I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

If the vegan diet doesn't work out for you, at least you can do something for animals - whether that's the way you eat or the way you dress, everything helps, really.

Whether you understand they evolved over billions of years or believe that a God made them all one afternoon, please be kind to animals.

The Touchables, whether they are vegetarians or flesh-eaters, are united in their objection to eat cow's flesh. As against them stand the Untouchables, who eat cow's flesh without compunction and as a matter of course and habit.

I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal.

I'm a vegan. It makes me feel really good and bright.

Never wound a snake; kill it.

Animal lovers often tend to be misanthropes or loners, and so they transfer their affection to the creature in their control.

Animals are the main victims of history, and the treatment of domesticated animals in industrial farms is perhaps the worst crime in history.

Bindi's been filming with us since she first hatched.

Because Christian morality leaves animals out of account, they are at once outlawed in philosophical morals; they are mere 'things,' mere means to any ends whatsoever. They can therefore be used for vivisection, hunting, coursing, bullfights, and horse racing, and can be whipped to death as they struggle along with heavy carts of stone. Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun!

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.

All men are equal before fish.

It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species.

We're a country of laws and rules, and the Supreme Court has ruled that life forms are patentable entities.

Beat the dog and the panther will learn a lesson.

I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.

I'm not a hunter.