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“Being lampooned on 'South Park' is hardly something to complain about. They brought the issue of the dolphin and whale slaughter by the Japanese to a very large audience. I could not really care less how I was portrayed.”
“The tragedy is that there is so much more incentive - money - to destroy the ecology than there is to preserve it.”
“People are beginning to realize that we need to live in accordance with the law of ecology, the law of finite resources, and if we don't, we're going to go extinct.”
“Immigration is one of the leading contributors to population growth.”
“The war against the Canadian seal hunt is more than a protest. It is a crusade to bring harmony between the natural world and humanity. All of us who oppose it are dedicated to the protection of life and the abolition of cruelty.”
“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.”
“I did not establish the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a protest organisation.”
“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.”
“People feel good about giving money to Greenpeace.”
“Follow your dreams and use your natural-born talents and skills to make this a better world for tomorrow.”
“I will not watch a whale die. I've not seen a whale die since I left Greenpeace in 1977.”
“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.”
“I don't have a religion, but I respect them.”
“All revolutions are violent revolutions.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I feel that we have a responsibility to try to do everything we can to protect species, and the best way to do that is to uphold international conservation law.”
“Bluefin tuna is sort of like the cheetah of the ocean. It's the fastest fish. It's a warm-blooded fish. But it's got a $100,000 price tag on its head.”
“You will not ever perceive the truth that is reality. There are many realities.”
“I'm thankful to have time to write.”