Clearly the biggest improvement would consist in not using animals ...

Clearly the biggest improvement would consist in not using animals at all as a source of food or as laboratory subjects ~ Professor Robert Garner

Through slaughter, we create a culture of violence that most people say ...

Through slaughter, we create a culture of violence that most people say they’re opposed to. And it’s on that very real point that we can find common ground with people – not on modern methods of cruelty but on the violence inherent in killing animals. ~ Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

In essence, my work turned me vegan. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to ...

In essence, my work turned me vegan. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that working on a farm animal and then going home and consuming one doesn't make sense! But what made going vegan stick was a spiritual conversation with a cow. Once I met this beautiful being on a soul level I could never eat meat again. Thanks to the universe for this experience. ~ Thomas Janak

Calling someONE an "it" or a "thing" is horrible, to see someone as having ...

Calling someONE an "it", or a "thing" is horrible, to see someone as having no rights, or *almost* no rights, as being property of another is about as low as you can go, I don't care how great you are at limbo dancing :-) ~ Jordan Wyatt

I believe that all forms of prejudice and oppression are connected and ...

I believe that all forms of prejudice and oppression are connected and really flow from the same root (that of making someone else an "other"). I've definitely been conditioned with the privileges I hold (species, class,/caste gender, and race, to name a few), and I've often said and done things that reinforce many types of "othering" ~ Minku Sharma

As more people make compassionate choices, others will emulate them ...

As more people make compassionate choices, others will emulate them. Humans are social animals and we are influenced by those around us, so it’s important for vegans to serve as positive role models. Compassion can be contagious. ~ Gene Baur

The other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt, trap and exploit in a variety of ways ...

The other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt, trap, and exploit in a variety of ways, have a life of their own that is of importance to them apart from their utility to us. They are not only in the world, they are aware of it. What happens to them matters to them. Each has a life that fares better or worse for the one whose life it is ~ Prof. Tom Regan