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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. "
Paul Watson
Hurt
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Property
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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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" There's no rest when you're on planetary duty. "
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" Taiwan gives a lot of foreign aid to Costa Rica, so it looks like they are basically buying the right to fish, even though it's not legal. "
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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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" My concern is not for the judicial system, but for the reality that the shark fin mafia of Costa Rica has a price on my head, and a Costa Rican prison would provide an excellent opportunity for someone to exercise this lethal contract against me. "
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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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" Russian subs are a bargain at $60,000. Unfortunately, none of the dials or instructions are in English. "
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" Spermaceti oil is valued for its high resistance to heat, and thus it is used in machinery where there is excessive heat. "
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" When I was born, there were three billion people on the planet. "
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" The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan. "
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" 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. "
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" Domestic house cats kill more fish than all the world's seals put together. "
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" Actually, I never really look at myself as a real radical activist; I am more the conservative. I mean, the conservatives are trying to conserve; the radicals are destroying the planet. "
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" I'm never horrible to anybody. My problem, and you can ask any of my friends, is that I'm too nice to everybody. "
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Nice
" The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics. "
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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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" We live on the most incredible planet, and yet we abuse it, and we abuse it mercilessly. "
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" Every fish in the ocean is in danger. "
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" We need to stop flying, stop driving cars and jetting around on marine recreational vehicles. "
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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. "
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" There are quite a few disgruntled Greenpeacers who are opposed to its policy of non-cooperation. "
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" When I hear so-called professional journalists ask why we have celebrities speak for us and for the animals, the environment or social causes, I marvel at their denial of the rules of their own trade. "
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" I always say, 'I'm not a pirate, I just play one on TV.' "
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