“Man alone consumes and engulfs more flesh than all other…

“Man alone consumes and engulfs more flesh than all other animals put together. He is, then, the greatest destroyer, and he is so more by abuse than by necessity. Instead of enjoying with moderation the resources offered him, in place of dispensing them with equity, in place of repairing in proportion as he destroys, of renewing in proportion as he annihilates, the rich man makes all his boast and glory in consuming, all his splendour in destroying, in one day, at his table, more matenal than would be necessary for the support of several families. He abuses equally other animals and his own species, the rest of whom live in famine, languish in misery, and work only to satisfy the immoderate appetite and the still more insatiable vanity of this human being who, destroying others by want, destroys himself by excess. - George Buffon,L’Histoire Naturelle

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” My mother was convinced, and on this head I have retained her firm belief, that to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state; that it is one of those curses cast upon man either by his fall, or by the obduracy of his own perversity.” - Alphonse de Lamartine, On Les confidences - View Quote Details on ” My mother was convinced, and on this head I…
“He who has ever turned with abhorrence from the skeleton of a beast which has been picked whole by birds or vermin, must confess that habit alone could have enabled him to endure the sight of the mangled bones and flesh of a dead carcase which every day cover his table.” - John Hawkesworth, in his edition of Swift’s Works - View Quote Details on “He who has ever turned with abhorrence from the skeleton…
” [Isaac Newton] thought it a very frightful inconsistency to believe that animals feel and at the same time to cause them to suffer. On this point his morality was in accord with is philosophy. […] This compassion, which he felt for no other animals, culminated in true charity for men. In truth, without humanity, a virtue which comprehends all virtues, the name of philosopher would be little deserved.” – Voltaire, Elements de la Philosophie de Newton - View Quote Details on ” [Isaac Newton] thought it a very frightful inconsistency to…
“Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terror of the abattoirs.” - Jane Goodall, The Ten Trusts - View Quote Details on “Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down…
“Thanks be to God: singe I gave up flesh and wine, I have been delivered from all physical ills.” - John Wesley - View Quote Details on “Thanks be to God: singe I gave up flesh and…
“To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.” - Buddha. - View Quote Details on “To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which…
Neal Barnard, M. D, Wramc Us Too, Inc Newsletter, 2003 - View Quote Details on Neal Barnard, M. D, Wramc Us Too, Inc Newsletter, 2003
“This species of food [fruits and farinacea] is that which is most suited to man…” – Carl Linnaeus, Amaenitates academica, x., 8 - View Quote Details on “This species of food [fruits and farinacea] is that which…
“I never really liked meat. I was a child that had to be forced to eat my meat. Whatever you ate before [going vegetarian] that you loved—like turkey slices—they’ve got a substitute now that’s not hard to find.” – Masta Killa, from Wu-Tang Clan - View Quote Details on “I never really liked meat. I was a child that…
“Chickens raised for food today are … covered in excrement, they’re diseased, and they’re drugged up with all sorts of toxins that you are ingesting if you eat chickens. One recent study found that chicken flesh in this country has four times as much arsenic—yes, arsenic, the poison (which is used in the drugs the chickens are given) as any other meat … I have been a vegan for many years.” – Russell Simmons - View Quote Details on “Chickens raised for food today are … covered in excrement,…