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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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" Japan is a bully nation that takes what it wants and threatens any who oppose it. "

" I'm not interested in culture; I'm interested in the law. "

" There's no rest when you're on planetary duty. "

" It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew. "

" Bluefin tuna is sort of like the cheetah of the ocean. It's the fastest fish. It's a warm-blooded fish. But it's got a $100,000 price tag on its head. "

" 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. "

" Putting Zodiacs in front of whaling vessels doesn't do it anymore. Done that, been there, seen that. "

" The seal hunt has made me ashamed to be a Canadian. "

" Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion. "

" The film 'The Cove' made people aware of the Japanese slaughter of whales. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Most people can't see the connection between their own lives and the oceans. "

" 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. "

" Nobody can legitimately claim to be a marine ecologist and conservationist while continuing to eat fish. It is the ultimate form of hypocrisy. "

" In December 2012, the U.S. 9th district court granted a temporary injunction to the Japanese whalers that ordered the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society U.S.A. to not approach within 500 yards of the whaling vessels. "

" Does Greenpeace think it can stop whaling in Antarctica by publicly eating whale meat and declaring it delicious? What are these people thinking? "

" Ecoterrorism is terrorism against the environment. "

" 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. "

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

" I have actually led more expeditions to Antarctica than Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton put together. "

" The sealing industry is dying. "

" Protesting is fundamentally submissive. "

" We're close to losing our essential diversity. Look at our wheat crops - we rely on a handful of grain crops and plants that we've refined and bred over hundreds of years. "

" Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged. "

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