"Human beings have capitalized on the silence of animals, just as certain human beings have historically imposed silence on certain other human beings by denying slaves the right to literacy, denying women the right to own property, and denying both the right to vote."

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Source : Gary Steiner (2012). “Animals and the Moral Community: Mental Life, Moral Status, and Kinship”, p.138, Columbia University Press

Gary Steiner

#Animal Quotes #Silence Quotes #Vote Quotes

“It is a rich storehouse for those who love quotations. It is as full of fine bon mots as a Christmas pudding is full of plums.”
“If prisons, freight trains, swamps, and gators don't get ya to write songs, man, y'ain't got no business writin' songs.”
“To me it's not so much that the movies are slow-paced as much as they are about spending time building a relationship between the audience and the characters. If you don't spend an adequate amount of time doing this, then how can you expect to scare anyone?”
“The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you're not a traveler. You're a f@@king tourist.”
“A zombie film is not fun without a bunch of stupid people running around and observing how they fail to handle the situation.”
“I think being an artist and taking on those challenges is just how it is for me. Because I was always a foreigner, I was always the outsider.”
“If you or me go to the gas station to fill up our car and it costs us much more than we expected, it will zap our discretionary income. We won't have the extra money to buy that washing machine or new winter coat-all big ticket items that are important to economic growth.”
“If you have inner peace, nobody can force you to be a slave to the outer reality.”

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