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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. "

Paul Watson

Never

Sea

Storms

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" People are beginning to realize that we need to live in accordance with the law of ecology, the law of finite resources, and if we don't, we're going to go extinct. "

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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. "

" 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'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. "

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I Am

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

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Ashamed

Canadian

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

" 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. "

" Sustainable fishing is a fraud. It's a marketing term that really means 'business as usual.' "

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

" Ships are expendable; the whales are not. "

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Ships

Whales

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

" The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to the sharks have had their behavior, their speed, their camouflage, their defense mechanisms molded by the shark. "

" I did not establish the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a protest organisation. "

" My clients are the whales and the seals. "

" Social change comes through people. "

" Every fish in the ocean is in danger. "

" 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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Whale

Extremism

" 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

" Nobody has ever been hurt by the actions of ships I have been on. "

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

" You will not ever perceive the truth that is reality. There are many realities. "

" Greenpeace is the world's largest feel-good organisation now, and I can say that 'cause I am one of their co-founders. "

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

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Cats

House

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

" We need to stop flying, stop driving cars and jetting around on marine recreational vehicles. "

" I have never suffered under any delusion that saving the whales in the Antarctic sanctuary would be easy, but the one thing I am certain of is that I and my passionate crew of international volunteers will never quit defending life in the seas from poachers, no matter what consequences we must endure to do so. "

" There are very few fishermen left today. "

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