Beyond Quote by Peter Middlebrook

In the long run, with profits from piracy greater than international finance mobilised to solve the problem, we can expect piracy to increase geographically…

— Peter Middlebrook

[Somali maritime violence] is a response to greedy Western nations, who invade and exploit Somalia's water resources illegally. It is not a piracy, it…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

The really disturbing thing about Somalia is that in a country where there are few economic opportunities, pirates are perceived as glamorous and are…

— Wilbur Smith

I think the guys who are sort of infantry in Somali piracy are not unlike low-level drug dealers in urban areas in America, who…

— Cutter Hodierne

“When handled in a civilized fashion, Piracy on the high seas could become more of a wise business decision than of a sheer, chaotic,…

— Ted Anthony Roberts

Piracy is not a threat, it's a need.

— Peter Sunde

There are now more than 4,000 places in the sea around the world that have some kind of protection. The bad news: You have…

— Sylvia Earle

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates.

— James Russell Lowell

The pirates are serving a purpose right now. They come from regions which have been completely ignored, and Westerners have tried to destroy these…

— K'naan

I used to own an island in the Seychelles and had a big boat there and one day I came across some Somali pirates…

— Wilbur Smith

“We Live in a World Measured by Piracy because Piracy means Access.”

— Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala

A pirate spreading misery and ruin over the face of the ocean

— Thomas Jefferson