“I will not kill or hurt any living creature for mere convenience or personal pleasure, nor will I willingly destroy any beautiful thing, but will instead strive to save & comfort all sentient life, and guard & expand all natural beauty upon the Earth.” ~ inspired by John Ruskin

“We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings, beatings, brandings, debeakings, castrations, ear notchings, and nose bashings — and by forcing them to watch the killing of other animals before they are killed. And as we terrorize so we ourselves increasingly fear the shadow of terrorism, and pour billions of dollars into futile campaigns to combat the same

We steal from and deceive animals on a massive scale. We steal their babies, we steal their bodies, we steal their milk, we steal their eggs, we steal their honey and we steal their lives …

We live in a society increasingly rife with deceit and fear and theft, where predatory capitalism and sophisticated advertising and corrupt politics work together to create a climate that legitimizes deceit in the name of profit, suffering in the name of palate pleasure, and fraudulent cunning in the name of return on investment.”

~ inspired by Will Tuttle (in “The World Peace Diet”)