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

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" Ecoterrorism is terrorism against the environment. "

" Protesting against illegal activity is not piracy. "

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

" The United Nations World Charter for Nature, section 21, empowers any nongovernmental organisation or individual to uphold international conservation law in areas beyond national jurisdiction and specifically on the high seas. "

" Every fish in the ocean is in danger. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" The fact is, Japan's whaling is illegal, so just because there is a natural disaster in Japan is no reason for us to stop opposing their illegal activities in the Southern Ocean. "

" There are quite a few disgruntled Greenpeacers who are opposed to its policy of non-cooperation. "

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

" Canada I don't trust. The Canadian government hates me more than the Japanese. "

" 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. "

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

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

" The tragedy is that there is so much more incentive - money - to destroy the ecology than there is to preserve it. "

" People say I manipulate the media. Well, duh. We live in a media culture, so why on earth wouldn't I? "

" If we wipe out the fish, the oceans are going to die. If the oceans die, we die. We can't live on this planet with a dead ocean. "

" 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. "

" No species is more important than others. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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