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> [In other words, people should be placed in parks within ecosystems instead of parks placed in human communities. We need vast areas of the planet where humans do not live at all and where other species are free to evolve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/in-other-words-people-should-be-placed-in-parks-within-ecosystems/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

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## More by Paul Watson

> [Social change comes through people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/social-change-comes-through-people/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [Sea Shepherd is to terrorism what Groucho was to Marxism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/sea-shepherd-is-to-terrorism-what-groucho-was-to-marxism/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [You don't get anywhere unless you've had a little bit of a complicated life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/you-don-t-get-anywhere-unless-you-ve-had-a-little-bit-of-a/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/here-s-the-thing-nobody-gets-extradited-for-a-crime-where-nobody-s/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/the-shark-is-the-apex-predator-in-the-sea-sharks-have-molded/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [We are literally eating the oceans alive and there are simply not enough fish to continue to feed an ever expanding population of humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-are-literally-eating-the-oceans-alive-and-there-are-simply-not/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [I want to stay in the ocean. I'm not going to be able to do that from some holding cell in Japan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-want-to-stay-in-the-ocean-i-m-not-going-to-be-able-to-do-that-from/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/it-is-true-that-many-of-the-sea-shepherd-crewmembers-are/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [We have intelligent species on our planet that we are not even trying to communicate with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-have-intelligent-species-on-our-planet-that-we-are-not-even-trying/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [I don't think you really have to retire from what you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-don-t-think-you-really-have-to-retire-from-what-you-do/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/if-you-want-to-know-where-you-would-have-stood-on-slavery-before-the/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [People sometimes feel frustrated about what's going on in our oceans and environment, and 'Whale Wars' shows that ordinary people can take action and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/people-sometimes-feel-frustrated-about-what-s-going-on-in-our-oceans/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/the-only-language-that-the-japanese-whaling-industry-understands-is/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [I'm not pessimistic about anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-m-not-pessimistic-about-anything/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-don-t-eat-fish-because-there-is-no-such-thing-as-sustainable/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

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