The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated

To my mind the life of a lamb is no less precious than the life of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the life of a lamb for the sake of the human body. I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man.

Cowards can never be moral

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated.