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The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect.

Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds.

It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species.

In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another.

For decades in America, there has been an effort to ensure that the rights of those who are not sane are the same as the rights of those who are.

Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.

With care and patience, people may accomplish things which, to an indolent person, would appear impossible.

A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our time will be for the rights of animals.