Human beings are social animals. We were social before we were human.

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals.

If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans?

We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet- for the sake of hamburgers

Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

Becoming a vegan is a sure way of completely avoiding participation in the abuse of farmed animals. Vegans are a living demonstration of the fact that we do not need to exploit animals for food.

If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.

Killing a defective infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person. Sometimes it is not wrong at all.

Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group.

Those who purchase meat, fur, and leather have no right to be shielded from the sights and sounds of the slaughterhouses from which these products were produced.

Of course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion.

There are too many years around this table, too much time confined in one place.

Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.

What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind.

I didn't realize it was October until I saw the Chicago Cubs choking.

Why don't we just get our population healthier so we don't need medical care?

I rather would prefer to see the movie theatrically, which I have the ability to do.

To be alive at all is to have scars.

I cannot count the good people I know who to my mind would be even better if they bent their spirits to the study of their own hungers.

Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate.

I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female.