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It is time my colleagues got real. All British universities doing worthwhile research use animals, and, instead of hiding, they should be boasting of their achievements.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?

The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason.

In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffective.

I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together.

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

The lopsided attitudes of college professors pose a serious challenge to learning because students are so susceptible to becoming lopsided sheep.

There are a lot of people in the animal rights movement who can be very passionate and aggressive, and I applaud people's passion, but when people are judgmental and aggressive, all you end up doing is getting other people to turn away in irritation. To change people's minds, you have to respect the people you're talking to.

For origin and development of human faculty we must look to these processes of association in lower animals.