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Ingrid Newkirk Inspirational Quotes (66)

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If it's anything that's going to result in suffering to animals or people, then I don't think [the end] justifies the means... Yeah but then again if you could hurt ten people to save 100 people and there was no option, what would you do? I can't really address that.
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Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation.
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The wonderful thing is that it's so incredibly easy to be kind.
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Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by.
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If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.
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I am just trying to make the best possible case for the animals. That is clearly what I have been put on earth to do. Even after I am gone I will try to continue.
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It's time for the State Department to permanently change its official policy to allow all members of U.S. citizens' families - no matter what size they are or how many legs they have - to evacuate together when disaster strikes.
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Cheap meat is the problem. The answer is to replace meat recipes with vegan meals.
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I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.
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I know it's illegal [trespassing], but I don't think it's wrong.
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Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that's a wonderful step that will save animal lives. It means you have chosen something kind instead of something cruel.
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Businesses are terrified. They have no idea what I'm going to do next.
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I wish we all would get up and go into the labs and take the animals out or burn them down.
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Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal.
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When we build an attractive home, we raze land on which animals have already built their homes. They have nowhere to go.
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One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat.
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Never doubt that one person can make a difference.
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Being asked to support humane meat means being asked to support the suffering of animals in transport, to approve of treatment that causes them palpable fear, their bodies shaking and their eyes wide as saucers, as they are slung by their legs into crates that are slammed onto the back of a truck.
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Everything we do is based at adults.
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...no movement for social change has ever succeeded without 'the militarism component'....Thinkers may prepare revolutions, but bandits must carry them out
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Every time we consume meat, eggs or dairy foods, we contribute to ecological devastation and the wasteful misuse of resources on a global scale.
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Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed the fact that after Hurricane Katrina, people died because buses and emergency shelters wouldn't allow their animals.
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Consumers of meat, eggs and dairy products might well ask what they are supporting. Do farmers care about anyone but themselves? Can't anyone see the cow for the cheese?
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
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