'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.'

Mahatma Ghandi

'It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.'

Joaquin Phoenix

'I became vegan because I saw footage of what really goes on in the slaughterhouses and on the dairy farms.'

Ellen Degeneres

'My body will not be a tomb for other creatures.'

Leonardo Da Vinci

'Animals are my friends...and i do not eat my friends.'

George Bernard Shaw

'Why are vegans made fun of while the inhumane factory farming process regards animals and the natural world merely as commodities to be exploited for profit.'

Ellen Page

'You can be compassionate and still be a badass.'

David Carter

'If you don´t want to be beaten, imprisoned, mutilated, killed, or tortured, then you shouldn´t condone such behaviour towards anyone be they human or not.'

Moby

'I believe we will look back and be shocked at what was the accepted way we killed animals en masse for food.'

Richard Branson

'The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men.'

Alice Walker

'Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.'

Albert Schweitzer

'I´ve found that a person does not need protein from meat to be a successful athlete. In fact, my best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.'

Carl Lewis

'The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But - can they suffer?'

Jeremy Bentham

'Vegan food is soul food in its truest form. Soul food means to feed the soul. And, to me, your soul is your intent. If your intent is pure, you are pure.'

Erykah Badu

'We can see quite plainly that our present civilization is built on the exploitation of animals, just as past civilizations were built on the exploitation of slaves.'

Donald Watson

'I have a tough stomach but when i found out what happens to animals in modern factory farms, I wanted to throw up. I literally couldn´t believe it.'

Steve-O

'How we treat the vulnerable is how we define ourselves as a species.'

Russell Brand

'I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain.'

Thomas A. Edison

'I´m a vegan, I don´t want to torture anything. I guess it´s about trying to live a life where i´m not contributing to the cruelty of the world.'

Jessica Chastain

'In going vegan i realised there is a dark force out there doing a very good job keeping us all sick. It´s about being conscious of what you put in your body and what you give back to society.'

Will.i.am

'I like animals, all animals. I wouldn´t hurt a cat or a dog - or a chicken or a cow. And I wouldn´t ask someone else to hurt them for me. That´s why i´m a vegetarian.'

Peter Dinklage

'I did it for animals. How can you have one animal for a pet and another for lunch?'

Martina Navratilova

'Never forget there´s no such thing as a humane slaughter. I never saw an animal clicking its heels going to the slaughterhouse. There is always fear in their eyes. They know exactly what’s going to happen.'

Howard Lyman

'The facts are absolutely clear. Eating meat is bad for human health, catastrophic for the environment, and a living nightmare for animals.'

Chrissie Hynde

'Every effort should be made to stop the unjust, cruel slaughter of animals, which must be destructive to our morals.'

Nikola Tesla

'Everyone is talking about fuel efficient vehicles, but they would actually do more for the earth by becoming vegan.'

Emily Deschanel

'Chickens, pigs, fish and cows all feel pain just like you and I do.'

Dick Gregory

'Really my message is simple. Its a message of compassion. In this world that is spinning madly out of control, we have to realise that we´re all related. We have to try to live harmoniously.'

Woody Harrelson

'I am proud to be a vegetarian. Go green to be fit, that´s the best way for me.'

Kareena Kapoor

'Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It´s because they know what it´s like to be treated like an animal.'

Chuck Palahniuk

'Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.'

Prince

'Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.'

Albert Einstein