Gary L. Francione Quotes About Values

Quotes about: Values

• Every sentient being values her/his life even if no one else does. That is what is meant by saying that the lives of all have inherent value.

  Gary L. Francione

  Doe, Inherent, Ifs

• Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others are still treated as second-class citizens. Yes, things have changed but we have still not achieved equality among all humans. And nonhuman animals continue to be chattel property without any inherent value.

  Gary L. Francione

  Kings, Gay, Animal

• It's really not rocket science. If animals are not mere things; if they have moral value, we cannot justify eating, wearing, or using them particularly when we have no better reason than palate pleasure or fashion. If you are eating, wearing, or using animals, then your actions say that you regard them as mere things, despite what your words say.

  Gary L. Francione

  Fashion, Animal, Rockets

• We are vegans not simply because being vegan will reduce suffering. We are vegan because every sentient being values her or his life even if no one else does. We are vegan because justice minimally requires that we not take life for trivial purposes.

  Gary L. Francione

  Justice, Suffering, Doe

• The theory of animal rights simply is not consistent with the theory of animal welfare... Animal rights means dramatic social changes for humans and non-humans alike; if our bourgeois values prevent us from accepting those changes, then we have no right to call ourselves advocates of animal rights.

  Gary L. Francione

  Mean, Animal, Rights

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