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Danshiell, L.T.- Show me the enforced laws of a state for the prevention of cruelty to animals and I in turn will give you a correct estimate of the refinement, enlightenment, integrity and equity of that commonwealth's people.

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) - The love for all living creatures is the noblest attribute of man.

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) - There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental faculties... The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.

Day, Doris - Killing an animal to make a coat is a sin. It wasn't meant to be and we have no right to do it. A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she's truly beautiful!

DeGeneres, Ellen - I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. Well, I think my mother is attractive, but I just keep photographs of her.

Denver, John - On the Larry King Show (paraphrased): Many things made me become a vegetarian, among them. the higher food yield as a solution to world hunger.

Dhammapada (Buddhist) - He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (novelist) - Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harass them, don't deprive them of their happiness, don't work against God's intent. Man, do not pride yourself on superiority to animals; they are without sin, and you, with your greatness, defile the earth by your appearance on it, and leave the traces of your foulness after youalas, it is true of almost every one of us!

Dworken, Leo - No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch.