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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. "

Paul Watson

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" Ships are expendable; the whales are not. "

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" I take a biocentric point of view. I look at things from the point of view of the Earth and the laws of ecology. As opposed to the anthropocentric point of view, where everything revolves around humanity. "

" I'm not really a fugitive. "

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" I find it abhorrent to see a whale being slaughtered and do nothing but bear witness. "

" The oceans are the last free place on the planet. "

" I have an unexplainable belief that I will never cause harm or be harmed while at sea. Because of this, I feel secure at sea: I feel secure in the ice, I feel secure in the storms, and I feel secure in confrontations. "

" There's money to be made by driving a species extinct. "

" The most powerful weapon in the world, as far as I'm concerned, is the camera. "

" Protesting against illegal activity is not piracy. "

" My grandfather carried me around on his shoulders at 85. "

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" The Brer Rabbit ploy has been quite effective for me. When a country is talking about prosecuting me, I demand to be charged and put on trial and offer to pay my own airfare. They know that I'm going to bring a lot of international media with me and put their whaling programme on trial, and they decide it's better to keep quiet and do nothing. "

" I'm thankful to have time to write. "

" Documentaries make a difference. "

" I will not watch a whale die. I've not seen a whale die since I left Greenpeace in 1977. "

" I would just say that nobody could do what I do unless you had a big ego. It's the only way you can really put it. You have to be arrogant enough to challenge the arrogance of the human race. "

" Pete Bethune is a hero in New Zealand. He's a hero worldwide to people who want to see the end of whaling. "

" In Africa, the rangers shoot poachers. "

" People say I manipulate the media. Well, duh. We live in a media culture, so why on earth wouldn't I? "

" The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society recognizes that the deaths of four sealers is a tragedy, but Sea Shepherd also recognizes that the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seal pups is an even greater tragedy. "

" Domestic house cats kill more fish than all the world's seals put together. "

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House

" Every fish in the ocean is in danger. "

" I don't have a religion, but I respect them. "

" I wouldn't think I was successful if I didn't have just as many people hate me as support me. "

" The only thing scarier than Godzilla is Godzilla's lawyers. "

" I have been honoured to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence, strength, and spirit have inspired me. "

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Intelligence

Strength

" The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war. "

" People feel good about giving money to Greenpeace. "

" That's the thing with celebrities: the media can't ignore them. "

" I feel that people should have a license to have children, that they have proper education how to raise children. And that nobody should be allowed to be a parent unless they can prove that they are competent enough to be a parent. "

" My clients are the whales and the seals. "