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

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

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" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

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

" The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo area, they would be killed. The Polynesians understand that the fish had to be given a chance to recover. "

" When I was born, there were three billion people on the planet. "

" 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. "

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

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" I'm not really a fugitive. "

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

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

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