Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAUIt takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.
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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about – farming replacing hunting.
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When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
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The sea is the universal sewer.
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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters… and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.
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