What Thomas Paine thinks about animal welfare

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Pamphleteer and revolutionary (1737 to 1809), born in Norfolk, England; author of Common Sense, a central text behind the call for American independence, and Rights of Man.

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1. c. 1794

   Our readingPersecution, revenge and cruelty to animals all violate moral duty

   Their wordsThat seeing as we daily do the goodness of God to all men, it is an example calling upon all men to practise the same towards each other; and, consequently, that every thing of persecution and revenge between man and man, and every thing of cruelty to animals, is a violation of moral duty.

   ↗The Age of Reason, Parts I and II (1794-1795)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book