“When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.”

“We cannot justify treating any sentient nonhuman as our property, as a resource, as a thing that we an use and kill for our purposes.”

“If human beings were to treat one another's personal property the way they treat the natural environment, we would view that behavior as anti-social and illegal.”

“Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhumans as moral persons with the fundamental moral right not to be treated as the property or resources of humans.”

“All sentient beings should have at least one right—the right not to be treated as property”

“When we are treated well, we naturally begin to think that we are not altogether unmeritous, and that it is only just we should treat ourselves well, and not mar our own good fortune.”