“If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.” - Albert Einstein
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France
“I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.” – Abraham Lincoln
“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” — Jean Cocteau
“The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.” – Alice Walker
“He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” - Immanuel Kant
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” - Ghandi