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Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat of the United States of America, to be honest with you. That is why seeing the habitat destroyed is so short-sighted by us.

I really feel that there are things in the ocean that we have no idea about.

We do not have the luxury of two big oceans protecting us as we have had in the past, for we now have a new kind of enemy who deals with stealthiness. Our ability to protect ourselves is having the information ahead of time so we can thwart the attack.

We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for most of our history. And we were unfortunately reminded in a very devastating way of our vulnerability.

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.

We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.

The crazy thing is we live on an ocean planet - nobody gets that yet.

Our oceans are facing innumerable threats - from overfishing and pollution to ocean acidification and invasive species - yet we haven't had a blueprint for its use and development, incredible as that seems.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.