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Until we establish a felt sense of kinship between our own species and those fellow mortals who share with us the sun and shadow of life on this agonized planet, there is no hope for other species, there is no hope for

Until we establish a felt sense of kinship between our own species and those fellow mortals who share with us the sun and shadow of life on this agonized planet, there is no hope for other species, there is no hope for the environment, and there is no hope for ourselves.

Jon Wynne-Tyson
Shadow, Sun, Environment

The wrong sort of people are always in power because they would not be in power if they were not the wrong sort of people.

Jon Wynne-Tyson
Power, People, Ifs

We must develop a better sense of responsibilty towards our total environment

Jon Wynne-Tyson
Nature, Environmental, Environment

The effectiveness of our memory banks is determined not by the total number of facts we take in, but the number we wish to reject.

Jon Wynne-Tyson
Memories, Effectiveness, Numbers

The case against vivisection is the same as that against war and all other forms of cruelty - that violence does not produce long-term solutions.

Jon Wynne-Tyson
War, Animal, Long
Jon Wynne-Tyson (1972). “The Civilised Alternative: A Pattern for Protest”

... the only argument against vivisection that will be seen to have lasting power - that we do not improve human society by means that debase human character.

Jon Wynne-Tyson
Character, Mean, Animal
Jon Wynne-Tyson (1972). “The Civilised Alternative: A Pattern for Protest”

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