“It is demonstrated that brutes are rational animals, reason in…

“It is demonstrated that brutes are rational animals, reason in most of them being indeed imperfect, of which, nevertheless, they are not entirely deprived. Since, however, justice pertains to rational beings, as our opponents say, how is it possible not to admit, that we should also act justly towards brutes?” - Porphyry, On Abstinence from Animal Food

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“If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.” - St. Francis of Assisi - View Quote Details on “If you have men who will exclude any of God’s…
“The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.” - Thomas More - View Quote Details on “The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys…
“Chickens, pigs, and other animals … are interesting individuals with personalities and intelligence. … What people need to understand is that if they’re eating animals, they are promoting cruelty to animals.” – Pamela Anderson, in the PETA website - View Quote Details on “Chickens, pigs, and other animals … are interesting individuals with…
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” - Albert Schweitzer (The Philosophy of Civilisation) - View Quote Details on “Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all…
“All my life, I have been sickened by everything connected with meat-, fish-, and poultry eating. As a child, I saw apparently nice, kind people wring the necks of fowls, and I thought it foul; and I wondered if I could ever exert any influence to help bring such unworthiness to an end.” – Percy Grainger, American Vegetarian, Vol. V no. 4, Dec, 1946, p. 4 - View Quote Details on “All my life, I have been sickened by everything connected…
“As I cannot kill, I cannot authorize others to kill. Do you see? If you are buying from a butcher you are authorizing him to kill – to kill helpless, dumb creatures which neither you nor I could kill ourselves.” - Paul Troubetzkoy, quoted in ”Vegetarian Food for Thought - View Quote Details on “As I cannot kill, I cannot authorize others to kill…
Isaac Bashevis Singer, in Judaism and Vegetarianism - View Quote Details on Isaac Bashevis Singer, in Judaism and Vegetarianism
“Refrain at all times such foods as cannot be procured without violence and oppression. For know that all the inferior Creatures, when hurt, do cry and send forth their complaints to their Maker.” - Thomas Tryon, The Way to Health, Long Life, and Happiness, 1683 - View Quote Details on “Refrain at all times such foods as cannot be procured…
“If you can justify killing to eat meat, you can justify the conditions of the ghetto. I cannot justify either one.” - Dick Gregory. - View Quote Details on “If you can justify killing to eat meat, you can…
“I believe my dear Master has been pleased to try my faith and obedience by teaching me that I ought no longer to partake of anything that had life.” - Joshua Evans - View Quote Details on “I believe my dear Master has been pleased to try…