«What we are defending is the right of this species to exist in a poetic world, to live in paradise.»
- Homero Aridjis, Mexican poet turned environmental activist and the first to protest the salt plant plans

«It was a victory of nature over commerce.»
- Homero Aridjis, on saving Laguna San Ignacio after a five-year struggle

«Years ago people in this community began a battle to fight Mitsubishi. Many people said it that it's impossible to fight them because they are the biggest company on the face of the earth. You've opened the eyes of the world to the fact that if citizens stand together they can stand up against the most powerful forces of globalization.»
- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

«There's one thing I do like and that's a good fight, and this is a good fight and I don't like to lose. And I believe in my heart we are not going to lose this fight against Mitsubishi because they know they are in the wrong, and any man or woman who has seen this lagoon would know that they are in the wrong for what they are trying to do down there.»
- Pierce Brosnan