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" Nobody has ever been hurt by the actions of ships I have been on. "
Paul Watson
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" Way back in October 2007, I had urged thousands of Australians to vote for Kevin Rudd and Peter Garrett's Labor Party. Why? Because they promised to get tough on illegal Japanese whaling. "
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" Protesting against illegal activity is not piracy. "
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" 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. "
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" I want to stay in the ocean. I'm not going to be able to do that from some holding cell in Japan. "
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" As long as there is a Southern Ocean whale sanctuary, Sea Shepherd crew will continue to patrol and defend it. "
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" 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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" Follow your dreams and use your natural-born talents and skills to make this a better world for tomorrow. "
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" 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. "
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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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