Jeff

“The birth of a polar bear cub in captivity is not a vision of hope. It is a sign of our failure to ensure the species can live wild and free in its natural habitat.”
― Rémy Marion, On Being a Bear: Face to Face with Our Wild Sibling

“Literature cannot develop between the categories "permitted"—"not permitted"—"this you can and that you can't." Literature that is not the air of its contemporary society, that dares not warn in time against threatening moral and social dangers, such literature does not deserve the name of literature; it is only a facade. Such literature loses the confidence of its own people, and its published works are used as waste paper instead of being read.
-Letter to the Fourth National Congress of Soviet Writers”
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

“Ultimately, there is no right way to do the wrong thing and exploiting and killing animals, and causing them pain and suffering when we don’t have to, is absolutely wrong.”
― Ed Winters, This is Vegan Propaganda

“If you actually read 'The Prince,' you will indeed find counsel to lie in order to maintain power but also the recognition that - ultimately - power rests with the people (because there are more of them) and that therefore no leader can survive long if he does not act in the interests of the people. Just ask Mussolini.”
― Massimo Pigliucci, The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders