Gary L. Francione Quotes

Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, w...

If we are ever going to see a paradigm shift, we have to be clear about how we want the present para...

Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animal...

I have argued that this sort of thinking is problematic in at least two regards:First, the notion th...

I reject animal welfare reform and single-issue campaigns because they are not only inconsistent wit...

An abolitionist is, as I have developed that notion, one who (1) maintains that we cannot justify an...

We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only...

We proclaim human intelligence to be morally valuable per se because we are human. If we were birds,...

Every time you drink a glass of milk or eat a piece of cheese, you harm a mother. Please go vegan.

When it comes to animal agriculture, there is conventional, which is really hideous, and "compassion...

In order to be a teacher you've got to be a student first

We should not be surprised that more and more people feel comfortable about consuming animal product...

Welfare reforms and the whole “happy” exploitation movement are not “baby steps.” They are big steps...

We should never present flesh as somehow morally distinguishable from dairy. To the extent it is mor...

Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a s...

Veganism is not a "sacrifice." It is a joy.

Speciesism is morally objectionable because, like racism, sexism, and heterosexism, it links personh...

I am opposed to animal welfare campaigns for two reasons. First, if animal use cannot be morally jus...

Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the...

Any serious social, political, and economic change must include veganism.

We should always be clear that animal exploitation is wrong because it involves speciesism. And spec...

There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to...

Ethical veganism represents a commitment to nonviolence.

Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself...

Animals are property. There are laws that supposedly protect animal interestsin being treated “human...

Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use...

There is increasing social concern about our use of nonhumans for experiments, food, clothing and en...

If we take the position that an assessment that veganism is morally preferable to vegetarianism is n...

The notion that we should promote “happy” or “humane” exploitation as “baby steps” ignores that welf...

One of the main arguments that I make is that although almost everyone accepts that it is morally wr...

If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. It’s a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your...

To say that a being who is sentient has no interest in continuing to live is like saying that a bein...

If you are a feminist and are not a vegan, you are ignoring the exploitation of female nonhumans and...

All sentient beings should have at least one right—the right not to be treated as property

We cannot justify treating any sentient nonhuman as our property, as a resource, as a thing that we ...

So it is always preferable to discuss the matter of veganism in a non-judgemental way. Remember that...

The rights paradigm, which, as I interpret it, morally requires the abolition of animal exploitation...

People need to be educated so that they can make intelligent moral choices

You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan...

There are some animal advocates who say that to maintain that veganism is the moral baseline is obje...