“We cut the throat of a calf and hang it up by the heels to bleed to death so that our veal cutlet may be white; we nail geese to a board and cram them with food because we like the taste of liver disease; we tear birds to pieces to decorate our women's hats; we mutilate domestic animals for no reason at all except to follow an instinctively cruel fashion; and we connive at the most abominable tortures in the hope of discovering some magical cure for our own diseases by them.”
― Man and Superman
― Man and Superman
“The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but "Can they suffer?”
― The Principles of Morals and Legislation
― The Principles of Morals and Legislation
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