Top 55 Animal Rights Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Animal Rights Quotes from famous people such as Eric Schlosser, Princess Michael of Kent, Gail Bradbrook, Alissa White-Gluz, Ali MacGraw, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

I'm all in favor of animal rights, but I'd like to see

I’m all in favor of animal rights, but I’d like to see the food movement take a much stronger stand in defense of basic human rights. If you’re a vegan or a vegetarian, you should care about the people who are picking your fruits and vegetables by hand.
Eric Schlosser
Charities who support animal rights are actually asking people to show their obligation by doing fundraising or similar.
Princess Michael of Kent
I’ve always been interested in how things change, in social change. I was involved in the animal rights movement as a young woman, I’ve been involved in thinking about gender and issues around racism and so on.
Gail Bradbrook
I think one of the reasons that Arch Enemy gels so well as people and musically is because we all share very similar values when it comes to human rights, animal rights… even politics, religion.
Alissa White-Gluz
I can’t remember when I wasn’t an animal rights activist.
Ali MacGraw
A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights.
Lance Morrow
One of the things about animal rights, which is not the only thing that I care about in this world, is that your money can bring success. I see results.
Sam Simon
Charities who support animal rights are actually asking people to show their obligation by doing fundraising or similar.
Princess Michael of Kent
I published a thesis about animal rights when I was studying in England in 1991. Back then, I was a human rights lawyer and people condemned me for talking about animal rights when human rights are still not guaranteed. However, human rights are guaranteed in a society where animal rights are secured.
Park Won-soon
I think it’s been fun to show that Bryan and I share a Honda Fit, and we’re huge environmentalists, and we’re big activists for animal rights.
Brie Bella
I’d say that animal rights and environmental issues have always been at the forefront of my mind.
Corey Feldman
Being a humanitarian, supporting animal rights activists, human rights activists, it’s all the same.
Daryl Hannah
Animal rights can be as extreme as not riding a horse, or not wearing leather, not having a pet at all. Animal welfare advocates are preventing the suffering of animals. And then there’s conservation and species conservation and what conservation biologists do.
Eric Goode
I’m not an activist; I don’t look for controversy. I’m not a political person, but I’m a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.
Ellen DeGeneres
I published a thesis about animal rights when I was studying in England in 1991. Back then, I was a human rights lawyer and people condemned me for talking about animal rights when human rights are still not guaranteed. However, human rights are guaranteed in a society where animal rights are secured.
Park Won-soon
I guess patriarchal stereotypes have, as is true for most people, created painful moments in my life. As a result, I’m an activist. I’m for women’s rights, children’s rights, human rights, animal rights. I want to be part of the solutions to try to correct imbalance. And ‘Westworld,’ for me, is that.
Thandie Newton
When I did ‘Babe’ I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.
James Cromwell
The discussion of animal rights in jallikattu has been misunderstood. We know that the tails of the bulls are broken, that chilly powder is rubbed into their eyes and they are forcibly fed country liquor. The animal is overwhelmed and does not know what is happening.
Amala Akkineni
I’ve become an animal rights activist.
Steve Wynn
There are a lot of great animal rights organizations who save dogs and save cats, but the Humane Society is actually really good at working with Congress and getting legislation actually passed.
Moby
Ethical fashion is the future of fashion. Gucci’s decision to ban fur is a smart step in the right direction – for the environment, for animal rights, and for its massive base of young brand fans who will soon represent the largest consumer base in history.
Elaine Welteroth
In my movies, there has been little to do in the way of animal rights. I have never worked in a movie with animals. No horse-riding, no trained dogs, lions, bears. A few actors, but what could I do? We had to have them.
Casey Affleck
I think I’ve kind of been mistaken for somebody who’s trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is I’m not qualified to be a spokesperson. I am passionate about it, but I’m not trying to make other people do what I do.
Neko Case
I’d say that animal rights and environmental issues have always been at the forefront of my mind.
Corey Feldman
My focus personally has been to be a conservationist, which is to save species, protect wild lands, sometimes bring animals into assurance colonies in the wild – like California Condors for example – and put them back in the wild. It’s very different from animal rights.
Eric Goode
One of the things about animal rights, which is not the only thing that I care about in this world, is that your money can bring success. I see results.
Sam Simon
I’m a proud vegan, whistle-blower, and animal rights activist.
Steve-O
The animal rights cause is something close to my heart and something I truly believe in.
Alissa White-Gluz
As many of you know, I have a dog, Peanut who is my love. She really got me thinking about what I could do to help, and animal rights are definitely something I want the world to care about!
Angelina Pivarnick
A good way to take a baby step into the world of animal rights is to make a list of small things you can do to help your issue and work your way up to the big things. Make a promise to do one thing on your list each month.
Jenna Morasca
I’ve always been interested in how things change, in social change. I was involved in the animal rights movement as a young woman, I’ve been involved in thinking about gender and issues around racism and so on.
Gail Bradbrook
There are a lot of people in the animal rights movement

There are a lot of people in the animal rights movement who can be very passionate and aggressive, and I applaud people’s passion, but when people are judgmental and aggressive, all you end up doing is getting other people to turn away in irritation. To change people’s minds, you have to respect the people you’re talking to.
Moby
I’m an animal rights activist because I believe we won’t have a planet if we continue to behave toward other species the way we do.
James Cromwell
The discussion of animal rights in jallikattu has been misunderstood. We know that the tails of the bulls are broken, that chilly powder is rubbed into their eyes and they are forcibly fed country liquor. The animal is overwhelmed and does not know what is happening.
Amala Akkineni
Fanatics end by subverting their own argument. For instance, animal rights activists have some point, and many people feel sympathy with them. But animal rights fanatics do not have a point. They are the sort of people who threaten human beings in their effort to ‘defend’ animals.
Douglas Murray
The more you learn about animals and animal rights – it’s an intriguing, fascinating world.
Mona Simpson
The way you really find out about the performer’s seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the spotlight gets turned off. You see a lot of celebrities switch gears. They go from the environment to animal rights to obesity or whatever. That I don’t have a lot of respect for.
Robert Redford
No matter whether it’s someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.
Brigitte Bardot
I’ve been active in animal rights and all kinds of environmental stuff and children’s charities over the years.
Martina Navratilova
Fanatics end by subverting their own argument. For instance, animal rights activists have some point, and many people feel sympathy with them. But animal rights fanatics do not have a point. They are the sort of people who threaten human beings in their effort to ‘defend’ animals.
Douglas Murray
Ethical fashion is the future of fashion. Gucci’s decision to ban fur is a smart step in the right direction – for the environment, for animal rights, and for its massive base of young brand fans who will soon represent the largest consumer base in history.
Elaine Welteroth
When I did ‘Babe’ I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.
James Cromwell
As many of you know, I have a dog, Peanut who is my love. She really got me thinking about what I could do to help, and animal rights are definitely something I want the world to care about!
Angelina Pivarnick
I made a record in 1996 called ‘Animal Rights’ that was a very difficult, very dark punk-rock record. Of all the records I’ve made, it’s my favorite one. It’s also the one that got the worst reviews and sold the worst.
Moby
I’ve become an animal rights activist.
Steve Wynn
The animal rights cause is something close to my heart and something I truly believe in.
Alissa White-Gluz
There is animal rights and animals rights organizations like PETA, then there’s animal welfare, which is very different than animal rights.
Eric Goode
I’m not an activist; I don’t look for controversy. I’m not a political person, but I’m a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.
Ellen DeGeneres
No matter whether it’s someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.
Brigitte Bardot
I made a record in 1996 called ‘Animal Rights’ that was a very difficult, very dark punk-rock record. Of all the records I’ve made, it’s my favorite one. It’s also the one that got the worst reviews and sold the worst.
Moby
There were a lot of pretty women in cinema around Audrey Hepburn’s time, but she stood out because she had a very interesting personality – which went beyond her looks. She did so much for women, for animal rights, for children’s education – it’s always the personality that comes through and makes one seem beautiful.
Kalki Koechlin