Abused Animals

If you have men

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If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men. Francis of Assisi

Compassion for animals is

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Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man. Arthur Schopenhauer

Anyone who has accustomed

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Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives. Albert Schweitzer

If a man aspires

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If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. Albert Einstein

We cannot have peace

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We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.
Rachel Carson

The awful wrongs and

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The awful wrongs and sufferings forced upon the innocent, helpless, faithful animal race form the blackest chapter in the whole world’s history.
R. Edward Freeman