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" Immigration is one of the leading contributors to population growth. "
Paul Watson
Population
Growth
Immigration
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" Any social movement throughout history has always been carried out by only 7% of population being passionately active in that. "
Paul Watson
Only
Always
Active
" The film 'The Cove' made people aware of the Japanese slaughter of whales. "
Paul Watson
Film
Made
Whales
" I did not establish the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a protest organisation. "
Paul Watson
Did
Society
Shepherd
" 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. "
Paul Watson
Life
Easy
Consequences
" It's a war, I think, to save the planet, really, from ourselves. "
Paul Watson
Save
Planet
Think
" I'm not pessimistic about anything. "
Paul Watson
Anything
Pessimistic
About
" 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. "
Paul Watson
Failure
Good
Disappointment
" That's the thing with celebrities: the media can't ignore them. "
Paul Watson
Celebrities
Ignore
Media
" Nobody has ever been hurt by the actions of ships I have been on. "
Paul Watson
Ships
Actions
Been
" Nobody can legitimately claim to be a marine ecologist and conservationist while continuing to eat fish. It is the ultimate form of hypocrisy. "
Paul Watson
Hypocrisy
Eat
Fish
" Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged. "
Paul Watson
Hurt
Nobody
Property
" Russian subs are a bargain at $60,000. Unfortunately, none of the dials or instructions are in English. "
Paul Watson
English
None
Bargain
" The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics. "
Paul Watson
Language
Industry
Economics
" NATO isn't going to be concerned about fishing. "
Paul Watson
Going
Fishing
About
" Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion. "
Paul Watson
Compassion
Respect
Differences
" All revolutions are violent revolutions. "
Paul Watson
Violent
Revolutions
" Protesting against illegal activity is not piracy. "
Paul Watson
Against
Piracy
Activity
" 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. "
Paul Watson
Ego
Race
You
" Most people can't see the connection between their own lives and the oceans. "
Paul Watson
Connection
Most
See
" The tragedy is that there is so much more incentive - money - to destroy the ecology than there is to preserve it. "
Paul Watson
Tragedy
More
Money
" Sustainable fishing is a fraud. It's a marketing term that really means 'business as usual.' "
Paul Watson
Fraud
Business
Fishing
" In 'Deadliest Catch,' we have men in ships in rough seas catching crabs. With 'Whale Wars,' we have men and women from a dozen different nations going out to sea in rough weather to help save the whales. We also have icebergs, whales, penguins, and dramatic ship-to-ship confrontations. "
Paul Watson
Help
Women
Whales
" I find it abhorrent to see a whale being slaughtered and do nothing but bear witness. "
Paul Watson
Nothing
Find
Bear
" Greenpeace has a fast ship that could stop the whalers cold. "
Paul Watson
Could
Stop
Cold
" Killing a baby seal is about the easiest thing you can do if you're inclined to be sadistic; you certainly can't say there's any sport in it - the animal is totally defenceless. "
Paul Watson
Animal
You
Baby
" 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. "
Paul Watson
View
Everything
Earth
" An American citizen is not going to be extradited to Japan for saving whales. "
Paul Watson
Japan
American
Citizen
" Sometimes going to jail is just the price you have to pay for social reform or social change. "
Paul Watson
Pay
You
Sometimes
" I'm not really a fugitive. "
Paul Watson
Really
Fugitive
" I'm not interested in culture; I'm interested in the law. "
Paul Watson
Interested
Law
Not Interested