231 Quotes by Paul Watson

I've known Jonathan for years, and I see no indication that he would ever go about things in a covert way.

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.

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

I know when I am being harassed. It seems to me that Japan is pulling some strings around here.

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.

I have seen a lot of whale watching operations, quite a few of which were very irresponsible, but I was quite impressed with the local whale watching. They didn't harass the whales, they didn't approach the whales. They waited for the whales to come to them.

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.

These guys are so gentle, it's like shooting a puppy dog. I don't see how there's any honor in that.

When I hear so-called professional journalists ask why we have celebrities speak for us and for the animals, the environment or social causes, I marvel at their denial of the rules of their own trade.