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- 001
„Old Major (so he was always called, though the name under which he had been exhibited was Willingdon Beauty) was so highly regarded on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour's sleep in order to hear what he had to say.”
- 002
„I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living.”
- 003
„No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth.”
- 004
„Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever. Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits.”
- 005
„For myself I do not grumble, for I am one of the lucky ones.”
- 006
„Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings?”
- 007
„I know, as surely as I see this straw beneath my feet, that sooner or later justice will be done.”
- 008
„Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.”
- 009
„Why should we care what happens after we are dead?”
- 010
„Their struggles and their difficulties were one.”