Quotes by : Matthew Scully

Though reason must guide us in laying down standards and laws regarding animals, and in examining the....

When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?

When we shrink from the sight of something, when we shroud it in euphemism, that is usually a sign of....

Religious people... hold a kind and merciful view of life, the faith of the broken, the hounded, the....

Reforms will come as all great reforms have always come in ridding us of evils against both man and animal--not....

Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent,....

The only thing worse than cruelty is delegated cruelty.

If we are defined by reason and morality, then reason and morality must define our choices, even when....

The truth is that at the White House and in Congress, you are as likely to find sympathy for animal issues....

To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation,....

In any case I just cannot imagine attaching so much importance to any food or treat that I would grow....