"We can see quite plainly that our present civilisation is built on the exploitation of animals, just as past civilisations were built on the exploitation of slaves, and we believe the spiritual destiny of man is such that in time he will view with abhorrence the idea that men once fed on the products of animals' bodies."
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Donald Watson
(2 September 1910 – 16 November 2005) was an English animal rights advocate who coined the word vegan and founded The Vegan Society.
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