Paula Poundstone Quotes

I support the rights of non-humans wholeheartedly with my voice, my money, my presence, my writing and any other way I can.

I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal.

The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth.

Four legs good, two legs bad.

Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do.

Too often, animal-rights supporters seem to care about animals to the exclusion of people.

Humans can no longer ignore nonhumans: they end up haunting the words we use and interrupting everyday talk.

If an animal has any rights at all, it's got the right not to be eaten.

The thing about animals that speaks to me so much is that my passion for the animals and against animal abuse is based on the knowledge that these creatures which think and feel can't speak for themselves. I feel it is my responsibility to speak for those who can't speak for themselves.

Not only are the philosophies of animal rights and animal welfare separated by irreconcilable differences... the enactment of animal welfare measures actually impedes the achievement of animal rights... Welfare reforms, by their very nature, can only serve to retard the pace at which animal rights goals are achieved.

Animals don't have a voice, so I think it is our job to give them one.

I was always empathetic with animals. It's a terrible and self-involved point of view that we do something because someone else is exploitable.

For once, I believe that PETA, at least on the level of logic, is correct. If the NCAA has to protect offended Native Americans ... by God, PETA ought to advocate for the protection of every organism in the animal kingdom.

I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.

We do not advocate 'right to life' for animals.

One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.

In relation to them (animals), all people are Nazis for the animals, it is an eternal Treblinka.

Animal liberationists do not separate out the human animal, so there is no rational basis for saying that a human being has special rights. A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They're all mammals.

They are nonhuman persons. They are not food. If animals matter morally at all, there is one and only one rational response: go vegan. Everything else is just participation in animal exploitation.

But if there were two dogs left in the universe and it were up to us as to whether they were allowed to breed so that we could continue to live with dogs, and even if we could guarantee that all dogs would have homes as loving as the one that we provide, we would not hesitate for a second to bring the whole institution of 'pet' ownership to an end.

We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.

I hate a word like 'pets': it sounds so much Like something with no living of its own.

I have never really been fond of animals. I certainly wasn't an 'animal lover' when I became involved in the movement. I just came to be persuaded that animals should be treated as independent sentient beings, not as means to human ends.

Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man.

I'm definitely an animal lover, and I stand up for all animals' rights.