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The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
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Widely attributed to Gandhi, sometimes citing Ramachandra Krishna Prabhu, The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism (1959), but not verified. (Cf. Ralph Keyes, The Quote Verifier (2006), p. 74)

 

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