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The tragedy is that there is so much more incentive - money - to destroy the ecology than there is to preserve it.
— Paul Watson
We go after unlawful activities.
— Paul Watson
Sustainable fishing is a fraud. It's a marketing term that really means 'business as usual.'
— Paul Watson
Pete Bethune is a hero in New Zealand. He's a hero worldwide to people who want to see the end of whaling.
— Paul Watson
There is no sustainable future for fisheries as long as human populations continue to increase.
— Paul Watson
Documentaries make a difference.
— Paul Watson
There's money to be made by driving a species extinct.
— Paul Watson
Every fish in the ocean is in danger.
— Paul Watson
I don't care if I put people off.
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A fish is more valuable swimming in the sea maintaining the integrity of oceanic eco-systems than it is on anyone's plate.
— Paul Watson
All of the great whales are endangered.
— Paul Watson
The biggest predator of fish like cod is other fish - and seals keep fish like that in check.
— Paul Watson
As long as there is a Southern Ocean whale sanctuary, Sea Shepherd crew will continue to patrol and defend it.
— Paul Watson
Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion.
— Paul Watson
Any social movement throughout history has always been carried out by only 7% of population being passionately active in that.
— Paul Watson
I wouldn't think I was successful if I didn't have just as many people hate me as support me.
— Paul Watson
Dutch prisons are probably the most civilized you're going to find anywhere in the world.
— Paul Watson
We have intelligent species on our planet that we are not even trying to communicate with.
— Paul Watson
My clients are the whales and the seals.
— Paul Watson
We live in a media culture and whoever controls and influences and uses media the best has the power for change.
— Paul Watson
There are quite a few disgruntled Greenpeacers who are opposed to its policy of non-cooperation.
— Paul Watson
A vegan riding a hummer contributes less to greenhouse gas emissions than a meat eater riding a bicycle.
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In Ecuador, if I go after an Ecuadoran, I'm in trouble; if I go after a Costa Rican, I'm a hero.
— Paul Watson
I can't think of a greater legacy than, "Because you lived, another species survived."
— Paul Watson
Follow your dreams and use your natural-born talents and skills to make this a better world for tomorrow.
— Paul Watson
I'm not pessimistic about anything.
— Paul Watson
People say I manipulate the media. Well, duh. We live in a media culture, so why on earth wouldn't I?
— Paul Watson
NATO isn't going to be concerned about fishing.
— Paul Watson
The fact is I have never been convicted of a crime.
— Paul Watson
I always say, 'I'm not a pirate, I just play one on TV.'
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To me extremism is targeting endangered whales in a whale sanctuary in violation of a moratorium. That, to me, is extreme.
— Paul Watson
Be a voice for the future and a voice for the planet.
— Paul Watson
I can assure you no whales are going to be killed today.
— Paul Watson
There are very few fishermen left today.
— Paul Watson
I will not watch a whale die. I've not seen a whale die since I left Greenpeace in 1977.
— Paul Watson
The seal hunt has made me ashamed to be a Canadian.
— Paul Watson
My grandfather carried me around on his shoulders at 85.
— Paul Watson
Ecoterrorism is terrorism against the environment.
— Paul Watson
Putting Zodiacs in front of whaling vessels doesn't do it anymore. Done that, been there, seen that.
— Paul Watson
We live on the most incredible planet, and yet we abuse it, and we abuse it mercilessly.
— Paul Watson
Social change comes through people.
— Paul Watson
I'm never horrible to anybody. My problem, and you can ask any of my friends, is that I'm too nice to everybody.
— Paul Watson
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They [Japanese whalers] haven't produced a single peer-reviewed international scientific paper in 23 years.
— Paul Watson
I got the impression that instead of going out to shoot birds, I should go out and shoot the kids who shoot birds.
— Paul Watson
Protesting against illegal activity is not piracy.
— Paul Watson
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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All revolutions are violent revolutions.
— Paul Watson
We need to stop flying, stop driving cars and jetting around on marine recreational vehicles.
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Earthworms are far more valuable than people.
— Paul Watson
People feel good about giving money to Greenpeace.
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You can't love nature with a gun
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There's no rest when you're on planetary duty.
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You cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing.
— Paul Watson
I don't have a religion, but I respect them.
— Paul Watson
I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.
— Paul Watson
Greenpeace is the world's largest feel-good organisation now, and I can say that 'cause I am one of their co-founders.
— Paul Watson
Protesting is fundamentally submissive.
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I don't see the point in making a distinction between natives having more of a right to kill whales than nonnative people.
— Paul Watson
Unlike aboriginal hunters, commercial seal hunters leave the carcasses on the ice to rot.
— Paul Watson
I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.
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There's nothing wrong with being a terrorist, as long as you win. Then you write history.
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My position is this. If we can't protect sanctuaries, if we can't save the whales, the sharks, the fish, our oceans will die.
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The oceans are the last free place on the planet.
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No species is more important than others.
— Paul Watson