We cannot glimpse the essential life of a caged animal, only the shadow of its former beauty. – Julia Allen Field
The abuse of a harmless thing is the essence of sin. – A. W. Tozer
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don’t vote. – Paul Harvey
We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior. – Graydon Carter
Only elephants should own ivory. – Yao Ming
The life spark in my eyes is in no way different than the life spark in the eyes of any other sentient being. – Michael Stepaniak
If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons. – C.S. Lewis
Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals “love” them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. – Edwin Way Teale
How good it is to be well-fed, healthy, and kind all at the same time. – Henry J. Heimlich
If you visit the killing floor of a slaughterhouse, it will brand your soul for life. – Howard Lyman
The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of a gun. – P.G. Wodehouse
Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character. – George Bernard Shaw
There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is. – Isaac Bashevis Singer
Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest. – Bion
My children not only inspired me to reconsider what kind of eating animal I would be, but also shamed me into reconsideration. – Jonathan Safran Foer
Never wear anything that panics the cat. – P.J. O’Rourke
When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. – Ingrid Newkirk
Dear people with no soul, stop shooting elephants. – Russell Crowe
If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. – Albert Einstein
Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: “Because the animals are like us.” Ask the experimenters why it is morally okay to experiment on animals, and the answer is: “Because the animals are not like us.” Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction. – Charles R. Magel
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