“Vegetarianism, rather than being confining, is liberating as it frees us from the exploitation of animals, the domination of nature, and the oppression of one another, and frees us to discover ourselves in more positive, life-affirming ways.”

—  Michael Allen Fox

Source: Deep Vegetarianism (1999), p. 183

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