Quotes by Gary L. Francione

“All sentient beings should have at least one rightthe right not to be treated as property”

“Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself; and to the environment upon which all beings depend for life. In my view, the animal rights mov...”

“Welfare reforms and the whole happy exploitation movement are not baby steps. They are big stepsin a seriously backward direction.”

“We cannot justify treating any sentient nonhuman as our property, as a resource, as a thing that we an use and kill for our purposes.”

“We should not be surprised that more and more people feel comfortable about consuming animal products. After all, they are being assured by the experts that suffering is being decreased and they ca...”

“Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But in a patriarchal, racist, homophobic, and ableist soci...”

“Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught from childhood to accept as the nat...”

“We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defense of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience.”

“Veganism is not a "sacrifice." It is a joy.”

“If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. Its a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other sentient beings, to yourself, and to the environment,...”

“We should always be clear that animal exploitation is wrong because it involves speciesism. And speciesism is wrong because, like racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-semitism, classism, and all other ...”

“Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhumans as moral persons with the fundamental moral ri...”

“Ethical veganism represents a commitment to nonviolence.”

“I am opposed to animal welfare campaigns for two reasons. First, if animal use cannot be morally justified, then we ought to be clear about that, and advocate for no use. Although rape and child mo...”

“To say that a being who is sentient has no interest in continuing to live is like saying that a being with eyes has no interest in continuing to see. Deathhowever humaneis a harm for humans and non...”

“I reject animal welfare reform and single-issue campaigns because they are not only inconsistent with the claims of justice that we should be making if we really believe that animal exploitation is...”

“Animals are property. There are laws that supposedly protect animal interestsin being treated humanely, but that term is interpreted in large part to mean that we cannot impose unnecessary harm on ...”

“So it is always preferable to discuss the matter of veganism in a non-judgemental way. Remember that to most people, eating flesh or dairy and using animal products such as leather, wool, and silk,...”

“Any serious social, political, and economic change must include veganism.”

“You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan.”