Jon Wynne-Tyson Quotes

• Until we establish a felt sense of kinship between our own species and those fellow mortals who share with us the sun and shadow of life on this agonized planet, there is no hope for other species, there is no hope for the environment, and there is no hope for ourselves.

  Jon Wynne-Tyson

  Shadow, Sun, Environment

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• The wrong sort of people are always in power because they would not be in power if they were not the wrong sort of people.

  Jon Wynne-Tyson

  Power, People, Ifs

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• We must develop a better sense of responsibilty towards our total environment

  Jon Wynne-Tyson

  Nature, Environmental, Environment

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• The effectiveness of our memory banks is determined not by the total number of facts we take in, but the number we wish to reject.

  Jon Wynne-Tyson

  Memories, Effectiveness, Numbers

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• The case against vivisection is the same as that against war and all other forms of cruelty - that violence does not produce long-term solutions.

  Jon Wynne-Tyson

  War, Animal, Long

  Jon Wynne-Tyson (1972). “The Civilised Alternative: A Pattern for Protest”

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• ... the only argument against vivisection that will be seen to have lasting power - that we do not improve human society by means that debase human character.

  Jon Wynne-Tyson

  Character, Mean, Animal

  Jon Wynne-Tyson (1972). “The Civilised Alternative: A Pattern for Protest”

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