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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. "
Paul Watson
Look
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" We need to stop flying, stop driving cars and jetting around on marine recreational vehicles. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Protesting is fundamentally submissive. "
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" The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics. "
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" I'm not pessimistic about anything. "
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" My grandfather carried me around on his shoulders at 85. "
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" The seal hunt has made me ashamed to be a Canadian. "
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" The most powerful weapon in the world, as far as I'm concerned, is the camera. "
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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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Party
" I don't see the point in making a distinction between natives having more of a right to kill whales than nonnative people. "
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See
Right
" 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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" There are very few fishermen left today. "
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Today
Left
" 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. "
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Good
Disappointment
" I have an unexplainable belief that I will never cause harm or be harmed while at sea. Because of this, I feel secure at sea: I feel secure in the ice, I feel secure in the storms, and I feel secure in confrontations. "
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Sea
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Shepherd
" Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion. "
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" 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. "
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Evolution
Speed
" I'm not really a fugitive. "
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Fugitive
" All confrontation is based on deception. "
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Deception
Confrontation
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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. "
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Nobody
Property
" 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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Talking
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