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  • Veganism is not a "sacrifice." It is a joy. -- Gary L. Francione
  • Veganism is not a limitation in any way; it's an expansion of your love, your commitment to nonviolence, and your belief in justice for all. -- Gary L. Francione
  • Veganism gives us all the opportunity to say what we "stand for" in life- the ideal of healthy, humane living. Add decades to your life, with a clear conscience as a bonus. -- Donald Watson
  • Veganism is the application of the principle of abolition in your own life; it represents your recognition that animals are not things. Veganism is the recognition of the moral personhood of nonhuman animals. -- Gary L. Francione
  • Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing to participate in the exploitation of the vulnerable -- Gary L. Francione
  • Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhumans as moral persons with the fundamental moral right not to be treated as the property or resources of humans. -- Gary L. Francione
  • Ethical veganism represents a commitment to nonviolence. -- Gary L. Francione
  • Any serious social, political, and economic change must include veganism. -- Gary L. Francione
  • If you love animals but think that veganism is extreme, then you are confused about the meaning of love. -- Gary L. Francione
  • There is something about veganism that is not easy, but the difficulty is not inherent in veganism, but in our culture. -- Will Tuttle
  • Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another! -- Pythagoras
  • If we can live and prosper without killing, why would we not do so? I do not see veganism as 'extreme' in any way. I see killing for no reason as extreme in every way. -- Gary L. Francione
  • Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry. If we stop consuming, they will stop producing. Only collective awakening can create enough determination for action. -- Nhat Hanh
  • My perspective of veganism was most affected by learning that the veal calf is a by-product of dairying, and that in essence there is a slice of veal in every glass of what I had thought was an innocuous white liquid - milk. -- Rynn Berry
  • We don't know the spiritual advancements long-term veganism - over generations - would have for human life. It would be certainly a different civilisation, and the first one in the whole of our history that would truly deserve the title of being a civilisation. -- Donald Watson
  • When it comes to animal agriculture, there is conventional, which is rally hideous, and 'compassionate' and 'certified humane' or whatever, which 'may' be 'slightly' less hideous. But it is all torture. It's all wrong. These 'happy' gimmicks are just designed to make the public feel better about exploiting animals. Don't buy the propaganda of 'happy' exploitation. Go vegan and promote veganism. -- Gary L. Francione
  • I am a stronger follower of Veganism by principle, not just because of moral and aesthetic reasons. I truly believe in a Vegetarian lifestyle and I have faith and hopes in change in human destiny, thanks to the physical effects and benefits of a healthier diet and its influence on the character of the people. It will bring about some benefit and improvement to human society. -- Albert Einstein
  • Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught from childhood to accept as the natural order. It changes her life and the lives of those with whom she shares this vision of nonviolence. Ethical veganism is anything but passive; on the contrary, it is the active refusal to cooperate with injustice -- Gary L. Francione
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  • Veganism is about nonviolence: nonviolence to other sentient beings; nonviolence to yourself; nonviolence to the earth. -- Gary L. Francione
  • When we have a choice it is always best to choose kindness. Veganism is simply the kinder choice. -- Sharon Gannon
  • Veganism is an answer for almost every problem facing the world in terms of hunger and climate change. -- Sam Simon
  • Veganism must be the baseline if we are to have any hope of shifting the paradigm away from animals as things and toward animals as nonhuman persons. -- Gary L. Francione
  • Veganism is simply letting compassion guide our choice of food. As such, it is a basic Buddhist practice that ought to be expected of everyone who takes refuge vows. -- Norm Phelps
  • Veganism affirms what is best for us, what is best for the animals, and what is best for the environment. Everywhere you look, you find veganism entwined with what is best. -- Tom Regan
  • Veganism isn't just a strict vegetarian diet; it is a complete philosophical viewpoint. It is practical in outlook, simple to understand and aspires to the highest environmental and spiritual values. I am sure it holds the key to a future lifestyle for a humane planetary guardianship. -- Howard Lyman
  • Animal rights without veganism is like human rights with slavery. It makes no sense. None whatsoever. -- Gary L. Francione
  • I'm totally into veganism and animal rights, but I'm not into being an angry and judgmental activist. -- Sharon Gannon
  • I'm about 90 percent vegan. I think veganism is really well suited for training, at least for me anyway. -- Alanis Morissette
  • Does veganism require a "sacrifice"? Yes. It requires that you give up that which you never had any right to in the first place. -- Gary L. Francione
  • Even if plants were sentient, veganism would still be a moral imperative given that it takes many pounds of plants to produce one pound of flesh. -- Gary L. Francione
  • It is true that veganism is a serious issue, but there should be fun involved. Why do anything if it doesn't bring some joy at the end of the day? -- Sharon Gannon
  • Remember that veganism is a compassionate lifestyle not a punitive religion. Enjoy it! And if the going gets rough, it's better to relax the rules occasionally than to give up the game entirely. -- Karen Dawn
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