Jane Goodall Quotes
Jane Goodall Quotes
The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.
2699 What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
1346 In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them? Surely we should treat them with the same consideration and kindness as we show to other humans; and as we recognize human rights, so too should we recognize the rights of the great apes? Yes.
1420 But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.
3209 Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?
3628 We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
3559 One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
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