"All animals, including humans, have a right to lives of dignity and respect, without forced intrusions."

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Source : Marc Bekoff (2010). “The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons for Expanding Our Compassion Footprint”, p.23, New World Library

Marc Bekoff

#Animal Quotes #Dignity Quotes #Intrusion Quotes

“Man and fascism cannot co-exist. If fascism conquers, man will cease to exist and there will remain only man-like creatures that have undergone an internal transformation. But if man, man who is endowed with reason and kindness, should conquer, then Fascism must perish, and those who have submitted to it will once again become people.”
“A Good School deserves to be call'd, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it.”
“The failure of Lehman may have allowed the government to do more to prop up the economy than it otherwise could.”
“Even if they try to kill you, you develop the inner conviction that there are some things so precious, some things so eternally true that they are worth dying for. And if a person has not found something to die for, that person isn't fit to live!”
“A poem is like a child; at some point we have to let it go and trust that it will make its own way in the world.”

Source : Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux (2010). “The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry”, p.188, W. W. Norton & Company
“God sits enthroned, ready to listen, to help.”

Source : Margaret Feinberg (2012). “Wonderstruck: Awaken to the Nearness of God”, p.67, Worthy Publishing
“I am indebted to my wife Coretta, without whose love, sacrifices, and loyalty neither life nor work would bring fulfillment. She has given me words of consolation when I needed them and a well-ordered home where #Christian love is a reality.”
“I have a big problem when the sanctimonious, holier than thou congressmen and women go on national television for six hours and beat somebody up with a stick, and not because I'm 'Ms. Manners.' That's not what bothers me. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.”

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