156 Quotes by Ingrid Newkirk
"Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that's all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation."
"Anybody who witnesses the suffering of animals and has a glimmer of hope of reducing that suffering can't take the position that it's all or nothing. We have to be pragmatic. Screw the principle."
"Why go for a costly, sickly, mass-produced purebred when shelters are full of one-of-a-kind mixed breeds who are literally dying for a home?"
"The extinction of Homo Sapiens would mean survival for millions, if not billions, of Earth-dwelling species. Phasing out the human race will solve every problem on Earth - social and environmental."
"Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds."
"Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal."
"We have to be aggressive when those we stick up for have no voice. I don't consider it radical to say cruelty is wrong and that animals should be respected. I consider it radical to eat corpses, put electrodes in animals' heads, make elephants live in chains in the circus, and poison animals we consider a nuisance."
"Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so."
"A lot of people have culturally induced ethical blindness, but they can be cured!"