“If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one”
Anatole France
“What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”
Aristotle
“We would allege in the indictment an act of cruelty to a child took place ... that caused the child's death without ever necessarily intending the death.”
Rick Curry
“This extremely violent and depraved act of animal cruelty is particularly disturbing, not only because of the unimaginable suffering this dog was forced to endure, but also because of the implications such cruelty holds for the safety of the community at large.”
Peter Wood
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
Bertrand Russell
“Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears”
Publilius Syrus
“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
Martin Luther King Jr.