Paul Watson Quotes
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The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.
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I've had a lot of disappointments. I think my biggest disappointment is the failure of elected officials to make good on their promises in regards to the environment or anything else, really. I have very little faith in politicians.
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Protesting against illegal activity is not piracy.
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Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged.
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I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.
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I'm not really a fugitive.
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Immigration is one of the leading contributors to population growth.
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I did not establish the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a protest organisation.
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There's money to be made by driving a species extinct.
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Social change comes through people.
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Usually, environmental programs are not designed for a mainstream audience.
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As long as there is a Southern Ocean whale sanctuary, Sea Shepherd crew will continue to patrol and defend it.
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The oceans are the last free place on the planet.
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I have actually led more expeditions to Antarctica than Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton put together.
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You don't get anywhere unless you've had a little bit of a complicated life.
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It's a war, I think, to save the planet, really, from ourselves.
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I don't care if I put people off.
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We'll lose more species of plants and animals between 2000 and 2065 than we've lost in the last 65 million years. If we don't find answers to these problems, we're gonna be victims of this extinction event that we're at fault for.
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I have known Farley Mowat all of my life, from reading his books as a child to becoming a close friend of his over the last three decades.
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Greenpeace has a fast ship that could stop the whalers cold.
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In 1993, I chased Cuban and Spanish drag trawlers off the Grand Banks off of Newfoundland. And it cost them $35 million in losses.
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In Africa, the rangers shoot poachers.
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I've won some awards. 'Time' magazine designated me as one of the environmental heroes of the 20th century. Oh, and I've got some honorary citizenships, like from the Conch Republic of the Florida Keys. But the one thing I am proud of is I didn't get the Chevron environmental award. Never did get that one.
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We cannot allow activism to be stifled because of all the paranoia going around.