“Até que tenhamos coragem de reconhecer crueldade pelo que ela é - seja a vítima um animal humano ou não humano - não podemos esperar que as coisas melhorem neste mundo… não podemos ter paz vivendo entre homens cujos corações se deleitam em matar criaturas vivas. Para cada ato que glorifica o prazer de matar, estamos atrasando o progresso da humanidade.”
Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is -- whether its victim is human or animal --we cannot expect things to be much better in this world.. We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing we set back the progress of humanity.
citado em "The house of life: Rachel Carson at work" - Página 9, Paul Brooks, Rachel Carson - Houghton, Mifflin, 1972, ISBN 0395135176, 9780395135174 - 350 páginas
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