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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.”
“My grandfather carried me around on his shoulders at 85.”
“The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society recognizes that the deaths of four sealers is a tragedy, but Sea Shepherd also recognizes that the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seal pups is an even greater tragedy.”
“I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.”
“Canada I don't trust. The Canadian government hates me more than the Japanese.”
“I'm not pessimistic about anything.”
“Documentaries make a difference.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Nobody has ever been hurt by the actions of ships I have been on.”
“Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged.”
“I experienced the California Northridge Earthquake of 1994 and the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, and I have thus seen firsthand how terrible and awesomely devastating a force of nature can be.”
“There's no rest when you're on planetary duty.”
“There are many who condemn my crew and I for taking the law into our own hands and for taking on the barons of corporate profit.”
“If you're dealing with criminals, they're not going to want to go to court.”
“I have known Farley Mowat all of my life, from reading his books as a child to becoming a close friend of his over the last three decades.”
“We're close to losing our essential diversity. Look at our wheat crops - we rely on a handful of grain crops and plants that we've refined and bred over hundreds of years.”
“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.”
“In 1993, I chased Cuban and Spanish drag trawlers off the Grand Banks off of Newfoundland. And it cost them $35 million in losses.”
“Dutch prisons are probably the most civilized you're going to find anywhere in the world.”