"There's nothing fashionable about a dead animal that has been cruelly killed just because some people think it looks cool to wear."
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"Having respect for animals makes us better humans."
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"Donkeys are the most misunderstood and abused animals around the world."
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"Don't allow your animal nature to rule your reason."
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"We should never feel like we're going too far in breaking the law, because whatever laws you break to liberate animals or to protect the environment are very insignificant compared to the laws that are broken by that parliament of whores in Washington. They are the biggest lawbreakers, the biggest destroyers, the biggest mass-murderers on this planet right now."
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"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail."
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"The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his."
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"I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one: so with physicians - I will not speak of my own trade - soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. This is the system upon which I have governed myself many years, but do not tell."
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"This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people."
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"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen."
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"Man's inhumanity to man is only surpassed by his cruelty to animals"
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"Your life does matter. It always matters whether you reach out in friendship or lash out in anger. It always matters whether you live with compassion and awareness or whether you succumb to distractions and trivia. It always matters how you treat other people, how you treat animals, and how you treat yourself. It always matters what you do. It always matters what you say. And it always matters what you eat."
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"They say that cats are the only animal that can sit in your lap and ignore you. To which I say: you've never been to the Spearmint Rhino."
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"Wildlife is decreasing in the jungles, but it is increasing in the towns."
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"You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals."
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"A dog has the soul of a philosopher."
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"Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later."
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"Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal."
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"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight."
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"The more we come in contact with animals and observe their behaviour, the more we love them, for we see how great is their care of the young."
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