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

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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. "

" Follow your dreams and use your natural-born talents and skills to make this a better world for tomorrow. "

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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. "

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

" 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. "

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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. "

" The biggest predator of fish like cod is other fish - and seals keep fish like that in check. "

" Any social movement throughout history has always been carried out by only 7% of population being passionately active in that. "

" I don't see the point in making a distinction between natives having more of a right to kill whales than nonnative people. "

" I want to stay in the ocean. I'm not going to be able to do that from some holding cell in Japan. "

" 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. "

" You don't get anywhere unless you've had a little bit of a complicated life. "

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

" In Ecuador, if I go after an Ecuadoran, I'm in trouble; if I go after a Costa Rican, I'm a hero. "

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" I don't care if I put people off. "

" People feel good about giving money to Greenpeace. "

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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. "

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