Paul Watson Quotes

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• If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don’t look at where you stand on slavery today. Look at where you stand on animal rights.

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  War, Animal, Views

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• In the great scheme of things, what matters is not how long you live but why you live, what you stand for and what you are willing to die for.

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  What Matters, Long, Schemes

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• WE CAN NOT LIVE ON THIS PLANET WITH DEAD OCEANS. IF OUR OCEANS DIE, WE DIE.

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  Ocean, Planets, Can Not

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• As for myself, I do not believe in loggers, I believe in trees. I do not believe in fishermen, I believe in fish. I do not believe in miners, I believe in the rocks beneath my feet. I do not believe in pie in the sky spirituality, I believe in rainbows, rivers, mountains, and moss. I do not believe in environmentalists, I believe in the environment. I am a proud traitor to my species in alliance with my mother the Earth in opposition to those who would destroy her, those parasites who believe the Earth is here to serve human interests.

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  Mother, Believe, Sky

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• Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.

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  Animal, Environment, Harmony

  "Captain Paul Watson introduced by Persia White at Worldfest". Youtube video, www.youtube.com. June 30, 2006.

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• We're just a conceited, naked ape. But in our minds we're some sort of "divine legend," and we see ourselves as some sort of god. That we can walk around the earth deciding who will live and who will die and what will be destroyed and what will be saved. But the fact is we're just a bunch of primates out of control.

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  Thinking, Conceited, Mind

  "Sharkwater". Documentary, September 11, 2006.

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• A vegan riding a hummer contributes less to greenhouse gas emissions than a meat eater riding a bicycle.

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  Meat, Riding, Vegan

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• Unless we stop the degradation of our oceans, marine ecological systems will begin collapsing and when enough of them fail, the oceans will die. And if the oceans die, then civilization collapses and we all die

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  Ocean, Marine, Civilization

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• Earthworms are far more valuable than people.

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  People, Valuable

  "Another Season of Anti-Whaling Propaganda on Animal Planet", www.newsbusters.org. June 29, 2011.

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• I can't think of a greater legacy than, "Because you lived, another species survived."

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  Thinking, Legacy, Species

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• Seafood is simply a socially acceptable form of bush meat. We condemn Africans for hunting monkeys and mammalian and bird species from the jungle yet the developed world thinks nothing of hauling in magnificent wild creatures like swordfish, tuna, halibut, shark, and salmon for our meals. The fact is that the global slaughter of marine wildlife is simply the largest massacre of wildlife on the planet.

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  Marine, Thinking, Hunting

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• What we need now is heroes - millions of them. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

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  Hero, Soul, Needs

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• We need to radically and intelligently reduce human populations to fewer than one billion. We need to eliminate nationalism and tribalism and become Earthlings. And as Earthlings, we need to recognize that all the other species that live on this planet are also fellow citizens and also Earthlings. This is a planet of incredible diversity of life-forms; it is not a planet of one species as many of us believe.

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  Believe, Diversity, Citizens

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• If you don't know an answer, a fact, a statistic - make it up on the spot.

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  Answers, Facts, Spots

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• I have been honored to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence, strength, and spirit have inspired me. These beings have spoken to me, touched me, and I have been rewarded by friendship with many members of different species. If the whales survive and flourish, if the seals continue to live and give birth, and if I can contribute to ensuring their future prosperity, I will be forever happy.

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  Whales, Giving, Forever

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• Almost all theological thought is anthropocentric and I just cannot buy into the anthropocentric ideology. Basically we're a bunch of conceited apes.

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  Conceited, Religion, Apes

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• It doesn't matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true.

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  Believe, Kyoto Protocol, People

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• We don't give a damn what you or anybody else on this planet thinks. We didn't sink those ships for you. We did it for the whales.

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  Animal, Thinking, Whales

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• Be a voice for the future and a voice for the planet.

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  Voice, Planets

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• We should never feel like we're going too far in breaking the law, because whatever laws you break to liberate animals or to protect the environment are very insignificant compared to the laws that are broken by that parliament of whores in Washington. They are the biggest lawbreakers, the biggest destroyers, the biggest mass-murderers on this planet right now.

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  Animal, Law, Broken

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• Nazi propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels once remarked that if a lie is told often enough people will begin to see the lie as truth.

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  Lying, People, Goebbels

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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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  Dream, Skills, Use

  "Anti-Whaling Warrior, Captain Paul Watson". Interview with Jess Root, www.treehugger.com. November 5, 2008.

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• My position is this. If we can't protect sanctuaries, if we can't save the whales, the sharks, the fish, our oceans will die.

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  Ocean, Sharks, Whales

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• The tragedy is that there is so much more incentive - money - to destroy the ecology than there is to preserve it.

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  Tragedy, Incentives, Ecology

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• That fact is that we live in an extremely violent culture, and we all justify violence if it's for what we believe in .

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  Believe, Facts, Culture

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