We, as humans, have actually developed a sense of social responsibility. We have gone beyond our basic instincts. We can and we do. This is what sets us apart from the chimps. They are extremely brutal and hostile. Your next door neighbor is to be killed unless she is a juicy young female, who hasn't yet had her first baby, in which case you want her.
Jane GoodallOnly if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
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 GoodallYou're thinking about putting scientists into small cages and doing research on them. I wish it could happen sometimes.
Jane GoodallAnyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity.
Jane GoodallIt has actually been suggested that warfare may have been the principle evolutionary pressure that created the huge gap between the human brain and that of our closest living relatives, the anthropoid apes. Whole groups of hominids with inferior brains could not win wars and were therefore exterminated.
Jane Goodall