Latest Paul Watson Quotes from Interviews

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

  Paul Watson

  Thinking, Legacy, Species

• 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.

  Paul Watson

  Real, Passion, Differences

• You cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing.

  Paul Watson

  Violence, Commit, Living Things

• This is the contradiction we have in the media. We love vigilantes: Batman, Tarzan, Green Arrow - the comic books and the TV shows are filled with vigilantes. We love to promote it. Jesus Christ was a vigilante. We admire these people, but we don't want to be associated with them.

  Paul Watson

  Jesus, Book, Media

• We are literally eating the oceans alive and there are simply not enough fish to continue to feed an ever expanding population of humanity.

  Paul Watson

  Ocean, Humanity, Population

• 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.

  Paul Watson

  Law, Insanity, Humanity

• Musicians have made incredible contributions to the conservation and environmental movement and continue to do so, more than ever.

  Paul Watson

  Environmental, Musician, Movement

• There is no sustainable future for fisheries as long as human populations continue to increase.

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  Long, Population, Increase

• 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.

  Paul Watson

  Drama, Communication, Law

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

  Paul Watson

  Voice, Planets

• Musicians have the power to influence people and along with movie makers, they can reach and influence more people than any group of people, more than scientists and certainly more than politicians.

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  People, Musician, Groups

• We live in a media culture and whoever controls and influences and uses media the best has the power for change.

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  Media, Culture, Use

• There is a lack of economic and political motivation to defend life in the oceans. The profit is made by companies exploiting the oceans and they have the money to buy the politicians who make the laws.

  Paul Watson

  Motivation, Ocean, Law

• 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.

  Paul Watson

  Ocean, Sharks, Whales