“All sentient beings have one right: the right not to be treated as a resource.”— Gary L. Francione
“Animals are not here for us to do as we please with. We are not their masters, we are their fellow backpackers on the same planet.”— Ricky Gervais
“There's a lot of things that you can do where you don't kill animals to have a beautiful product.”— Chantal Kreviazuk
“Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.”— Ingrid Newkirk
“Every single animal is an individual. And they have a right to live their lives in peace.”— Jill Robinson
“The idea that we have a right to exploit other species for our own ends is a prejudice as indefensible as racism or sexism.”— Jon Wynne-Tyson
“There is no 'humane' slaughter. That is the biggest lie of the animal rights movement.”— Gary L. Francione
“The only 'right' that we give animals is the 'right' to be treated 'humanely' before we harm and kill them.”— Gary L. Francione
“The simple fact is that animals are not here for us to abuse. We have a moral obligation to protect them.”— Moby
“Single-issue campaigns are not only morally problematic; they are strategically problematic as well because they reinforce the property status of animals.”— Gary L. Francione
“But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that portion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.”— Karl von Frisch
“I saw with open eyes, Singing birds sweet, Sold in the shops, For the people to eat, Sold in the shops of, Stupidity street.”— Ralph Hodgson
“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.”— William Ralph Inge