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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.
Paul Watson
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Paul Watson
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 2
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Paul Franklin Watson
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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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I have hope that humanity will be cured of our collective ecological insanity and that we adapt to living within the boundaries of the laws of ecology.
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I got the impression that instead of going out to shoot birds, I should go out and shoot the kids who shoot birds.
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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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The real strength of the environmental movement is the tens of thousands, even millions of individuals around the world who are really making a difference and they are doing it out of passion.
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We go after unlawful activities.
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They [Japanese whalers] haven't produced a single peer-reviewed international scientific paper in 23 years.
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Back in 1980, whale watching surpassed whaling as an industry. Now it's worth about four times as much. Whale watching provides far, far more jobs to people than whaling ever did. Whale watching has become an ally in the fight to end whaling.
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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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A vegan riding a hummer contributes less to greenhouse gas emissions than a meat eater riding a bicycle.
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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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I can assure you no whales are going to be killed today.
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I’ve got no criminal record.
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Be a voice for the future and a voice for the planet.
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It's funny but when young people say to me what can I study to be a force for change, should I study law or biology or business? My answer is music, drama, journalism, communications.
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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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Well lose more species of plants and animals between 2000 and 2065 than weve lost in the last 65 million years. If we dont find answers to these problems, were gonna be victims of this extinction event that were at fault for.
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