Lord Thomas ErskineThis Quotations Archive contains words from famous and some not so famous people who have expressed a sense of love, compassion, and respect for all of God's creation: for people, for animals, and for the environment. They speak of our teaching methods and philosophy. They speak of a lifestyle of non-violence. They seek to eliminate cruelty and suffering. They seek to wake us up. They seek to give us hope.
"I am to ask your Lordships, in the name of that God who gave to man his
dominion over the lower world, to acknowledge and recognise that dominion to
be a moral trust.
- in an address to the House of Lords when he introduced a bill in the House
of Lords for the prevention of cruelty to animals, arguing that humanity's
dominion over them was given by God as a moral trust...
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Esselstyn, MD
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