“Whenever the dollar is held supreme and capitalistic interests dominate, a higher value will always be placed upon property rights than upon human rights.” HumansValuesCultureInterestJusticeRightsHigherDiversitySocial JusticeDollarsPropertyHuman RightsSupremeProperty Rights Author:Dick Gregory
“America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet.” GivingHumansAmericaBlackHuman LifePetHouseholdTolerateBlack HistoryMisuseSecond Thoughts Author:Dick Gregory
“Because I'm a civil rights activist, I am also an animal rights activist. Animals and humans suffer and die alike. Violence causes the same pain, the same spilling of blood, the same stench of death, the same arrogant, cruel and vicious taking of life. We shouldn't be a part of it.” HumansPainSufferingDiesCausesAnimalRightsViolenceBloodCivil RightsActivistAnimal RightsArrogantViciousHumans And AnimalsSpillingAnimal Rights Activists Author:Dick Gregory
“Pets are found to suffer from all the ailments known to the human.” HumansAgeSufferingFoundDarkKnownMedicalPetDark AgesAilments Author:Dick Gregory
“...Humans were the only creatures in the world that ate their food cooked. You'd never find a Gorilla frying up some bananas for dinner or a lion charcoal-broiling a zebra steak. Cats don't often run to the oven with a mouse or bird they've captured, and a dog wouldn't naturally prepare its rabbit dinner in a stew.” WorldHumansRunningAgeDarkDogCreaturesBirdCatDinnerMedicalLionsMiceRabbitsCapturedDark AgesBananasSteakOvensStewGorillasFryingCharcoalZebras Author:Dick Gregory
“Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused with human rights, which are the dignity, stature, humanity, respect, and freedom belonging to all people by right of their birth.” PeopleHumansHumanityGivenBlackRightsPlansBirthRespectDignityBillsFolksHuman RightsCivil RightsConfusedBelongingStature Author:Dick Gregory
