32 Quotes About Primates

Might does not make right; self-interest—even desperate self-interest—does not justify exploiting others.

The very fact we use the term "cold-blooded" as a synonym for "heartless" should tell you something about the innate bias we primates hold against reptiles. Do not judge other species by your own social norms.

Increasingly we come to understand that any difference between human and nonhuman primates does not necessarily show humans in a complimentary light.

We are morally required to stop systematically exploiting others, whether chimpanzees or pygmy lemurs, chickens or chinchillas. Nonhuman animals are also persons who fare better or worse depending on the way we treat them, we must begin to give them the respect and dignity that persons deserve

If we are going to save endangered primates, we must first recognize that they are individuals much like human beings, who prefer to be free to live their lives independent of exploitation.

Many humans would experiment on nonhumans in the hope of saving a loved one, and they would just as readily experiment on humans to sustain that same hope.

International trade in primates flourishes because we exploit primates for science.

What megalomania led us to believe it would be morally acceptable to exploit individuals from other species for scientific experimentation?

Everything is improved by the judicious application of primates.