{"quotes":[{"text":"Every time you drink a glass of milk or eat a piece of cheese, you harm a mother. Please go vegan.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["abolitionist","animal-products","dairy","exploitation","francione","milk","mother","nonviolence","slavery","veganism"],"id":7965,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"},{"text":"Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhumans as moral persons with the fundamental moral right not to be treated as the property or resources of humans.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["abolition","abolitionist","ahimsa","animals","education","exploitation","francione","inspirational","justice","life","nonviolence","nonviolence-jainism","peace-making","peace-movement","peace-on-earth","rights","sentience","slavery","veganism","wisdom"],"id":16314,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"},{"text":"We should not be surprised that more and more people feel comfortable about consuming animal products. After all, they are being assured by the “experts” that suffering is being decreased and they can buy “happy” meat, “free-range” eggs, etc.. These products even come with labels approved of by animal organizations. The animal welfare movement is actually encouraging the “compassionate” consumption of animal products.Animal welfare reforms do very little to increase the protection given to animal interests because of the economics involved: animals are property. They are things that have no intrinsic or moral value. This means that welfare standards, whether for animals used as foods, in experiments, or for any other purpose, will be low and linked to the level of welfare needed to exploit the animal in an economically efficient way for the particular purpose. Put simply, we generally protect animal interests only to the extent we get an economic benefit from doing so. The concept of “unnecessary” suffering is understood as that level of suffering that will frustrate the particular use. And that can be a great deal of suffering.Killing Animals and Making Animals Suffer | Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["ahimsa","animal-products","animal-use","animals","diet","francione","humane","killing","nonhumans","nonviolence","peace","peace-loving","peaceful","veganism","welfare"],"id":65941,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"},{"text":"I reject animal welfare reform and single-issue campaigns because they are not only inconsistent with the claims of justice that we should be making if we really believe that animal exploitation is wrong, but because these approaches cannot work as a practical matter. Animals are property and it costs money to protect their interests; therefore, the level of protection accorded to animal interests will always be low and animals will, under the best of circumstances, still be treated in ways that would constitute torture if applied to humans.By endorsing welfare reforms that supposedly make exploitation more “compassionate” or single-issue campaigns that falsely suggest that there is a coherent moral distinction between meat and dairy or between fur and wool or between steak and foie gras, we betray the principle of justice that says that all sentient beings are equal for purposes of not being used exclusively as human resources. And, on a practical level, we do nothing more than make people feel better about animal exploitation.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["abolition","abolitionist","ahimsa","animals","education","exploitation","francione","inspirational","justice","life","nonviolence","nonviolence-jainism","peace-making","peace-movement","peace-on-earth","rights","sentience","slavery","veganism","wisdom"],"id":142236,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"},{"text":"You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["abolition","abolitionist","ahimsa","animals","education","exploitation","francione","inspirational","justice","life","nonviolence","nonviolence-jainism","peace-making","peace-movement","peace-on-earth","rights","sentience","slavery","veganism","vulnerable","wisdom"],"id":165557,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"},{"text":"When it comes to animal agriculture, there is conventional, which is really hideous, and 'compassionate' or 'certified humane' or whatever, which *may* be *slightly* less hideous. But it's all torture. It's all wrong. These 'happy' gimmicks are just designed to make the public feel better about exploiting animals. Don't buy the propaganda of 'happy' exploitation. Go vegan and promote veganism.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["abolition","abolitionist","ethical-veganism","francione","happy-meat","humane","humane-labels","moral-imperative","rights","slaughter","slavery","veganism","welfare"],"id":168043,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"},{"text":"We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defense of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["abolition","abolitionist","ahimsa","animals","education","exploitation","francione","inspirational","justice","life","nonviolence","nonviolence-jainism","peace-making","peace-movement","peace-on-earth","rights","sentience","slavery","veganism","wisdom"],"id":184851,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"},{"text":"To say that a being who is sentient has no interest in continuing to live is like saying that a being with eyes has no interest in continuing to see. Death—however “humane”—is a harm for humans and nonhumans alike.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["abolition","abolitionist","ahimsa","animals","education","exploitation","francione","inspirational","justice","life","nonviolence","nonviolence-jainism","peace-making","peace-movement","peace-on-earth","rights","sentience","slavery","veganism","wisdom"],"id":224341,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"},{"text":"If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. It’s a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other sentient beings, to yourself, and to the environment, on which all sentient beings depend.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["abolition","abolitionist","ahimsa","animals","education","exploitation","francione","inspirational","justice","life","nonviolence","nonviolence-jainism","peace-making","peace-movement","peace-on-earth","rights","sentience","slavery","veganism","wisdom"],"id":269405,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"},{"text":"All sentient beings should have at least one right—the right not to be treated as property.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["abolition","abolitionist","ahimsa","ethical","francione","moral-imperative","nonviolence","peace","property","resources","rights","sentient-beings","slavery","veganism"],"id":283559,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":15,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}