Men will be just to men when they are kind to animals.
Interpretation
The way we treat animals reflects our moral character and kindness as humans.
This quote by Henry Bergh suggests that the ethical treatment of animals is a reflection of our humanity. It implies that compassion towards all living beings is fundamental to fostering justice and kindness among people, highlighting the interconnectedness of our actions towards both animals and other humans.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about animal welfare at a community gathering.
So much is not known about disability and so much feared. I can understand that because if we're not everywhere, if access and attitudes means we don't get to mingle and be in the same places as everyone else, then how do you know who we are?
Property, the right to enjoy the fruits of one's labor, the right to work, to develop, to exercise one's faculties, according to one's own understanding, without the state intervening otherwise than by its protective action; this is what is meant by liberty
I pray every night, sometimes long prayers about a lot of things and a lot of people, but I don't talk about it or brag about it because that's between God and me, and I'm no better than anybody else in God's sight.
The Way is eternal. Until your last day, you are free from peril.
My,' she said. 'We're lucky that you found the place.' We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too.
I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.
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