The Humane Economy Quotes

“This much is sure: as the humanemeconomy asserts its own power, it's own logic, and it's essential decency, an an older order is passing away, and the near-universal reaction to each new step will be "good riddance." By every measure, life will be better when human satisfaction and need are no longer built upon the foundation of animal cruelty, Indefensible practices will no longer need defending; unnecessary evils will no longer need excuses. In their place, in market after market, we'll see the products of human creativity inspired by human compassion, a combination that can solve any problem and overcome any wrong.”
― Wayne Pacelle, The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals – Where Innovation Meets Animal Welfare and Sustainable Business

“We are in the midst--much closer to the beginning than to the end, I believe--of an epic, political, cultural, and economic realignment in treatment of animals.”
― Wayne Pacelle, The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals – Where Innovation Meets Animal Welfare and Sustainable Business

“The spirit of mercy is found in all the world's great religions , and they remind us of our charge in caring for Creation.”
― Wayne Pacelle, The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals – Where Innovation Meets Animal Welfare and Sustainable Business

“Indeed, consumer choice informed by conscience is an unstoppable force for good.”
― Wayne Pacelle, The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals – Where Innovation Meets Animal Welfare and Sustainable Business

“Similarly, the people actually causing the the harm directly don't want us to be reminded of the their practices--in fact, they often make very determined efforts to conceal their cruelty.”
― Wayne Pacelle, The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals – Where Innovation Meets Animal Welfare and Sustainable Business

“Yet this natural empathy and connection with other animals is not the final word, and it leads to no predetermined outcomes. There are competing instincts, whether greed, desire, or more a Tavistock and specific I'm pluses like hunting and killing that canight trump our inclination toward more compassionate answer nurturing ways. We can be pulled in opposite directions, and it may be social pressure or conditioning or reason that pushes us down one path or the other.”
― Wayne Pacelle, The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals – Where Innovation Meets Animal Welfare and Sustainable Business