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“Our food system takes abundant grain,which people can't afford,and shrinks it into meat,which better-off people will pay for.”

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Frances Moore Lappé

Frances Moore Lappé is an American author and social activist known for her research on food, agriculture, and global justice. Her book 'Diet for a Small Planet' was first published in 1971 and had a profound impact on the food movement. more

“I understand, of course, that grain-fed meat is not the cause of the world hunger problem - and eating some of it doesn't directly take food out of the mouths of starving people - but it is, to me, a symbol and a symptom of the basic irrationality of a food system that's divorced from human needs. Therefore, using less meat can be an important way to take responsibility. Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind us that our whole society must begin to balance sustainable production with human need.”

“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not contributing to their pain.”

Ifs Feels Would Be Pain Animal Knowing Wall Glasses Vegetarian Vegan Animal Rights Feel Better Vegetarianism Contributing Vegetarian Health Slaughterhouses Food Choices

Author:Linda McCartney

“It seems disingenuous for the intellectual elite of the first world to dwell on the subject of too many babies being born in the second- and third-world nations while virtually ignoring the over-population of cattle and the realities of a food chain that robs the poor of sustenance to feed the rich a steady diet of grain-fed meat.”

“We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. How can we hope in this world to attain the peace we say we are so anxious for?”

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Author:George Bernard Shaw

“Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and some forms of cancer”

Source: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care

“Wilbur burst into tears. "I dont want to die," he moaned. "I want to stay alive, right here in my comfortable manure pile with all my friends. I want to breathe the beautiful air and lie in the beautiful sun."”

Want Beautiful Lying Dies Sun Alive Air Tears Comfortable My Friends Breathe Vegetarian Vegetarianism Wanting To Die Staying Alive Manure

Author:E. B. White

“I am conscious that meat eatingis not in accordance with the finer feelings,and I abstain from it whenever I can.”

I Can Feelings Conscious Meat Vegetarian

Author:Albert Schweitzer

“The moral duty of man consists of imitatingthe moral goodness and beneficence of God,manifested in the creation, toward all His creatures.”

Men Moral Creation Duty Creatures Goodness Vegetarian Moral Duty Beneficence Moral Goodness

Book:THOMAS PAINE Ultimate Collection: Political Works, Philosophical Writings, Speeches, Letters & Biography (Including Common Sense, The Rights of Man & The Age of Reason): The American Crisis, The Constitution of 1795, Declaration of Rights, Agrarian Justice, The Republican Proclamation, Anti-Monarchal Essay, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington…

Source: THOMAS PAINE Ultimate Collection: Political Works, Philosophical Writings, Speeches, Letters & Biography (Including Common Sense, The Rights of Man & The Age of Reason): The American Crisis, The Constitution of 1795, Declaration of Rights, Agrarian Justice, The Republican Proclamation, Anti-Monarchal Essay, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington…

“It is significant to note that those who live on vegetarian food are less prone to diseases, whereas non-vegetarians are subject to more diseases. Why? Because animal food is incompatible with the needs of the human body.”

Needs Humans Body Animal Subjects Disease Notes Significant Vegetarian Human Body Vegetarian Health Vegetarian Food Animal Food

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“The trans fatty acids (found in animal products and cooked oils) are a factor in breast cancer.”

Found Animal Products Cancer Oil Factors Breasts Vegetarian Acid Trans Breast Cancer Vegetarian Health Fatty Fatty Acids

Author:Edward Martin

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