The problem of the chimps is that they can only sit and look. They can't discuss what they feel. All that feeling is trapped within each one.
Jane GoodallWhen you borrow you plan to pay back. We're stealing from our children - so many people have no intention of paying back.
Jane GoodallBut does that mean that war and violence are inevitable? I would argue not because we have also evolved this amazingly sophisticated intellect, and we are capable of controlling our innate behavior a lot of the time.
Jane GoodallThe 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.
Jane GoodallChimps are brutal, and it is so deliberate. The males go out and get near the boundary of their territory. And they walk very silently trying hard not to make any noise. They will climb into a tree and stare out over hostile territory for hours. They are waiting for the right opportunity. And then they attack.
Jane Goodall