John Wasmuth

“All sentient beings should have at least one right—the right not to be treated as property”
― GaryLFrancione

“Veganism is a movement to end animal exploitation, end the property status of animals and recognise their moral status. It should follow from recognising animals as sentient individuals that they have moral status and should therefore be free from exploitation from humans. The burden of proof should be on those who want to confine and kill animals when there is no good justification for doing so. The extremely weak arguments against veganism do not provide a case for subjecting animals to the exploitation and slaughter that they are victims of.”
― Benny Malone, How To Argue With Vegans: An Analysis of Anti-vegan Arguments

“The most violent element in society is ignorance. ”
― Emma Goldman

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism