Paul Watson Quotes
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Being lampooned on 'South Park' is hardly something to complain about. They brought the issue of the dolphin and whale slaughter by the Japanese to a very large audience. I could not really care less how I was portrayed.
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Ecoterrorism is terrorism against the environment.
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There's no rest when you're on planetary duty.
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Killing a baby seal is about the easiest thing you can do if you're inclined to be sadistic; you certainly can't say there's any sport in it - the animal is totally defenceless.
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I don't think that any government has a right to subvert the truth or to cover up the truth, and all I see WikiLeaks doing is exposing the truth.
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Any social movement throughout history has always been carried out by only 7% of population being passionately active in that.
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The film 'The Cove' made people aware of the Japanese slaughter of whales.
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Captain Falco saw the diminishment of biodiversity in our oceans over a span of nearly seven decades. He was dedicated to the protection of life and habitats in the sea. He was a legendary mariner, diver, oceanographer, and conservationist. The world is a better place because of him.
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Pete Bethune is a hero in New Zealand. He's a hero worldwide to people who want to see the end of whaling.
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People sometimes feel frustrated about what's going on in our oceans and environment, and 'Whale Wars' shows that ordinary people can take action and make things happen.
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The only thing scarier than Godzilla is Godzilla's lawyers.
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I was doing a talk show in Vancouver, and somebody called in a bomb threat to protest my violence, which I thought was pretty strange. We had to evacuate.
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No words can describe the personal liberation that heading seaward bestows upon me. In this aquatic realm, no man or woman is subject to the petty decrees of social bureaucracy.
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NATO isn't going to be concerned about fishing.
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We live on the most incredible planet, and yet we abuse it, and we abuse it mercilessly.
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We need to stop flying, stop driving cars and jetting around on marine recreational vehicles.
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I don't have a religion, but I respect them.
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No species is more important than others.
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Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion.
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Greenpeace is the world's largest feel-good organisation now, and I can say that 'cause I am one of their co-founders.
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Canada I don't trust. The Canadian government hates me more than the Japanese.
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You will not ever perceive the truth that is reality. There are many realities.
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The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo area, they would be killed. The Polynesians understand that the fish had to be given a chance to recover.
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When I was born, there were three billion people on the planet.