A civilized society must count animals as worthy of moral consideration and ethical treatment. The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?

If Christianity needed an Anti-Christ, they needed look no farther than Paul.

All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.

The spirit of dogmatic theology poisons anything it touches.

All poetry is misrepresentation.

There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality.

Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.