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" 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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" 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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" No words can describe the personal liberation that heading seaward bestows upon me. In this aquatic realm, no man or woman is subject to the petty decrees of social bureaucracy. "

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

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

" I used to swim with these beavers in a beaver pond when I was 10. I went back when I was 11 and found there were no more beavers. I found that trappers had taken them all, so I became quite angry, and that winter I began to walk the trap lines and free animals from the traps and destroy the traps. "

" I don't think you really have to retire from what you do. "

" Dutch prisons are probably the most civilized you're going to find anywhere in the world. "

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

" I was doing a talk show in Vancouver, and somebody called in a bomb threat to protest my violence, which I thought was pretty strange. We had to evacuate. "

" 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. "

" Whales are killed today to supply the limited demand for whale meat or to be used in pet foods or as fodder for fur-bearing animals used in the fur trade. "

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

" I'm not really a fugitive. "

Paul Watson

Really

Fugitive

" 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. "

" I'm never horrible to anybody. My problem, and you can ask any of my friends, is that I'm too nice to everybody. "

" Pete Bethune is a hero in New Zealand. He's a hero worldwide to people who want to see the end of whaling. "

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

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

" Spermaceti oil is valued for its high resistance to heat, and thus it is used in machinery where there is excessive heat. "

" We live on the most incredible planet, and yet we abuse it, and we abuse it mercilessly. "

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

" In 1993, I chased Cuban and Spanish drag trawlers off the Grand Banks off of Newfoundland. And it cost them $35 million in losses. "

" I always try to take the unexpected things and make them work for me. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm not pessimistic about anything. "