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“Being vegan provides us with the peace of knowing that we are no longer participants in the hideous violence that is animal exploitation.”

Quote by Gary L. Francione

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Gary L. Francione

Gary L. Francione is a renowned animal rights activist and scholar, known for his contributions to the fields of animal rights law and ethics. He is a professor at the Rutgers University School of Law and the founder of the Animal Rights Law Center. Professor Francione is an advocate for the animal liberation theory, which argues for the liberation of all animals and their moral rights. more

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“An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory.”

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“Does veganism require a “sacrifice”? Yes. It requires that you give up that which you never had any right to in the first place.”

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“The idea that we have the right to inflict suffering and death on other sentient beings for the trivial reasons of palate pleasure and fashion is, without doubt, one of the most arrogant and morally repugnant notions in the history of human thought.”

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