Paul Watson

I have been honoured to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence, strength, and spirit have inspired me.

— Paul Watson

Usually, environmental programs are not designed for a mainstream audience.

— Paul Watson

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.

— Paul Watson

I think the problem is that we don't really understand what we are. In essence 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.

— Paul Watson

All of our targets were criminals, they were all operating in violation of international whaling laws.

— Paul Watson

We are pirates of compassion hunting down, hunting down and destroying pirates of profit.

— Paul Watson

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

— Paul Watson

I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.

— Paul Watson

The oceans are dying.

— Paul Watson

We have intelligent species on our planet that we are not even trying to communicate with.

— Paul Watson

Usually, environmental programs are not designed for a mainstream audience.

— Paul Watson

We cannot allow activism to be stifled because of all the paranoia going around.

— Paul Watson

V Stands for Verity, Virtue, Valor, Validity and Veganism. … Veganism is real conservation in action. It goes beyond talking about climate change and diminishment of biodiversity and actually does something to address the problems.

— Paul Watson

I have been honoured to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence, strength, and spirit have inspired me.

— Paul Watson

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.

— Paul Watson

The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.

— Paul Watson