Caesar quotes from Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
Played by Roddy McDowall
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And so, Mandemus, we must be patient...and wait.
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Caesar: Stop! Stop!
Aldo: We'll teach the teacher a lesson. Throw him in the corral where all humans belong.
Caesar: I said stop, Aldo.
Aldo: He broke the law. With his own mouth, he broke the First Law.
Caesar: I am the law. What has he done?
Virgil: Caesar. I.... I was there. Teacher only reverted to type under provocation. He -- he spoke like a slave master in the old days of our servitude when we were conditioned to mechanical obedience. He, uh, he uttered a negative, uh, imperative.
Caesar: Could you put that into words which even Caesar could understand?
Virgil: Uh, he said, "No, Aldo, no."
Aldo: We'll teach the teacher a lesson. Throw him in the corral where all humans belong.
Caesar: I said stop, Aldo.
Aldo: He broke the law. With his own mouth, he broke the First Law.
Caesar: I am the law. What has he done?
Virgil: Caesar. I.... I was there. Teacher only reverted to type under provocation. He -- he spoke like a slave master in the old days of our servitude when we were conditioned to mechanical obedience. He, uh, he uttered a negative, uh, imperative.
Caesar: Could you put that into words which even Caesar could understand?
Virgil: Uh, he said, "No, Aldo, no."
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Caesar: Ah, if only my mother and father, whom I was too young to remember... If only they'd lived, perhaps they would have taught me if it was right to kill evil so that good shall prevail.
MacDonald: But you know, Caesar, history shows...
Caesar: Oh no, no, no. That is human history, not ape history. Ape, never kills ape.”
MacDonald: But you know, Caesar, history shows...
Caesar: Oh no, no, no. That is human history, not ape history. Ape, never kills ape.”
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Caesar: We are not your masters.
MacDonald: We're not your equals.
Caesar: MacDonald, I believe that...when you truly grow to know and trust a person,|you cannot help but like him. When we grow to know and trust your people... then we shall all be equals...and remain so until|the end of the world
MacDonald: Which may be sooner than you think.
Caesar: You are such a pessimist! Or a prophet. Now that apes are at the helm... Earth will sail safely through space|until the end of time... and Virgil says time has no end. So, you see, I cannot believe you.
MacDonald: Would you believe it|if you heard it... from the lips of your own parents?
Caesar: Are my parents alive?
MacDonald: No, but their images and their voices are.
Caesar: MacDonald, when you talk about my parents... please do not speak in riddles. I cannot see them.I cannot hear them. Armando's only told me they came out of the future. They cannot give me knowledge.
MacDonald: Caesar, you can see them. You can hear them...and they can give you knowledge.
Caesar: How?
MacDonald: Under the dead city where we once lived... in the archives near the old command post... there are tapes-sealed tapes- Of Cornelius and Zira... being examined by officials of the American government When my brother was Governor Breck's assistant, he told me about them. I know where they are... and I know that they concern Earth's future, from which your parents came.
Caesar: But the city was flattened. The bomb left nothing.
MacDonald: Except, I suspect... the archive section. Indeed, many sections of the underground city... were designed to survive the impact... of a 10-megaton over-blast.
Caesar: Well, then the tapes and pictures of my parents are still down there Oh... Oh, MacDonald... I want to see what they look like. I suppose every orphan does. I want to hear... what they thought and knew.
MacDonald: We're not your equals.
Caesar: MacDonald, I believe that...when you truly grow to know and trust a person,|you cannot help but like him. When we grow to know and trust your people... then we shall all be equals...and remain so until|the end of the world
MacDonald: Which may be sooner than you think.
Caesar: You are such a pessimist! Or a prophet. Now that apes are at the helm... Earth will sail safely through space|until the end of time... and Virgil says time has no end. So, you see, I cannot believe you.
MacDonald: Would you believe it|if you heard it... from the lips of your own parents?
Caesar: Are my parents alive?
MacDonald: No, but their images and their voices are.
Caesar: MacDonald, when you talk about my parents... please do not speak in riddles. I cannot see them.I cannot hear them. Armando's only told me they came out of the future. They cannot give me knowledge.
MacDonald: Caesar, you can see them. You can hear them...and they can give you knowledge.
Caesar: How?
MacDonald: Under the dead city where we once lived... in the archives near the old command post... there are tapes-sealed tapes- Of Cornelius and Zira... being examined by officials of the American government When my brother was Governor Breck's assistant, he told me about them. I know where they are... and I know that they concern Earth's future, from which your parents came.
Caesar: But the city was flattened. The bomb left nothing.
MacDonald: Except, I suspect... the archive section. Indeed, many sections of the underground city... were designed to survive the impact... of a 10-megaton over-blast.
Caesar: Well, then the tapes and pictures of my parents are still down there Oh... Oh, MacDonald... I want to see what they look like. I suppose every orphan does. I want to hear... what they thought and knew.
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after seeing the recordings
Caesar: No wonder all of mankind thirsted for my blood... and wanted my birth aborted. In the year 3950, apes will destroy the Earth.
Virgil: Not apes, gorillas. Besides, that's only one future.
Caesar: How can there be more than one?
Virgil: You remember the old motorways? I believe that time is like an endless motorway... with an infinite number of lanes all running from the past into the future. It follows that a driver will try to change his lanes... and change his future. If you left this room right now... you might wind up shot dead. If you left a minute later, you might survive. It's a blind choice.. but you can change lanes.
Caesar: I know what it is I want to change.
Caesar: No wonder all of mankind thirsted for my blood... and wanted my birth aborted. In the year 3950, apes will destroy the Earth.
Virgil: Not apes, gorillas. Besides, that's only one future.
Caesar: How can there be more than one?
Virgil: You remember the old motorways? I believe that time is like an endless motorway... with an infinite number of lanes all running from the past into the future. It follows that a driver will try to change his lanes... and change his future. If you left this room right now... you might wind up shot dead. If you left a minute later, you might survive. It's a blind choice.. but you can change lanes.
Caesar: I know what it is I want to change.
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Caesar: My friends, I have convened... this extraordinary meeting of the council... in order that I may report upon an action... which I deemed necessary a reconnaissance expedition to the forbidden city... with Virgil and MacDonald as my aides.
Aldo: Why MacDonald? Why not a soldier?
Caesar: Because we went in peace... to what we thought would be a dead city But in case there were some survivors.. we took MacDonald with us so that he could parley with them... and secure permission for our search. Survivors there are... maimed... mutated.. hostile and human.
Aldo: Did the humans follow you here?
Caesar: We saw no sign of it... but we must prepare for the day|when they may come out of the city... when they may come to find us
humans come
Aldo: No humans in council!
Gorillas: No humans in council! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
Caesar: Yes! They are here|because I sent for them. Now that we know the danger... we need their help|and their counsel.
Gorillas: No! No! No!
Caesar: Yes!
Aldo: Come. We shall not sit in council with humans.
Caesar: Now, let us reason together... and make plans.
Aldo: Why MacDonald? Why not a soldier?
Caesar: Because we went in peace... to what we thought would be a dead city But in case there were some survivors.. we took MacDonald with us so that he could parley with them... and secure permission for our search. Survivors there are... maimed... mutated.. hostile and human.
Aldo: Did the humans follow you here?
Caesar: We saw no sign of it... but we must prepare for the day|when they may come out of the city... when they may come to find us
humans come
Aldo: No humans in council!
Gorillas: No humans in council! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
Caesar: Yes! They are here|because I sent for them. Now that we know the danger... we need their help|and their counsel.
Gorillas: No! No! No!
Caesar: Yes!
Aldo: Come. We shall not sit in council with humans.
Caesar: Now, let us reason together... and make plans.
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Lisa: Caesar, on the night of the fires... you swore an oath|that in the future... apes and humans would live together|in kindness and peace. Why are you now making every sort of preparation to break that oath?
Caesar: Because unlike the humans in our city.. those in the forbidden city|are mad... mad enough not to want peace and friendship... but enmity and war.
Lisa: Did they tell you that?
Caesar: Oh, yes. Yes. By opening fire on us without giving us a chance to explain.
Lisa: You were trespassing on their territory.
Caesar: But, Lisa, we didn't know the city was inhabited.
'Lisa: But how, if you didn't speak to them... do you know its inhabitants are mad?
Caesar: Lisa, you didn't see them They're... Oh... They're malformed. Like the freaks in your foster father's circus? Were they mad?
Cornelius: What's malformed?
Lisa: Cornelius, go to bed.
Cornelius: But I'm giving Riki his water.
Caesar: Lisa, freaks are different. These humans are the end product.. of nuclear radiation. They are mutant and they're mad.
Caesar: Because unlike the humans in our city.. those in the forbidden city|are mad... mad enough not to want peace and friendship... but enmity and war.
Lisa: Did they tell you that?
Caesar: Oh, yes. Yes. By opening fire on us without giving us a chance to explain.
Lisa: You were trespassing on their territory.
Caesar: But, Lisa, we didn't know the city was inhabited.
'Lisa: But how, if you didn't speak to them... do you know its inhabitants are mad?
Caesar: Lisa, you didn't see them They're... Oh... They're malformed. Like the freaks in your foster father's circus? Were they mad?
Cornelius: What's malformed?
Lisa: Cornelius, go to bed.
Cornelius: But I'm giving Riki his water.
Caesar: Lisa, freaks are different. These humans are the end product.. of nuclear radiation. They are mutant and they're mad.
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Virgil: *Ape has never killed ape, let alone an ape child.
apes growl in shock
Virgil: Aldo has killed an ape child. The branch did not break. It was cut with a sword.
apes growl in outrage
Gorilla Soldier: Aldo! You..... You killed.
Orangutan: Aldo killed!
more apes growl in righteous anger
Chimpanzee: Aldo has broken our most sacred law!
Lisa: Our child. He killed our child.
Jake: What's the matter with them?
MacDonald: I guess you could say they just joined the human race.
Apes: (chanting) Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape!
Apes repeat the chanting as they approach towards him.
Aldo climbs a tree, pursued by Caesar
Caesar: You murdered my son! You murdered my son! You murdered my son!
apes growl in shock
Virgil: Aldo has killed an ape child. The branch did not break. It was cut with a sword.
apes growl in outrage
Gorilla Soldier: Aldo! You..... You killed.
Orangutan: Aldo killed!
more apes growl in righteous anger
Chimpanzee: Aldo has broken our most sacred law!
Lisa: Our child. He killed our child.
Jake: What's the matter with them?
MacDonald: I guess you could say they just joined the human race.
Apes: (chanting) Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape! Ape has killed ape!
Apes repeat the chanting as they approach towards him.
Aldo climbs a tree, pursued by Caesar
Caesar: You murdered my son! You murdered my son! You murdered my son!
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MacDonald: If we appear to be lacking in gratitude, Caesar, what have we to be grateful for? If you mean to set us free then free us completely.
Caesar: What do you mean?
MacDonald: We are not your children, Caesar. We have a destiny too... as equals.. respecting each other, living together with love.
Caesar: Love? The human way is violence and death.
Virgil: Aldo wasn't human... was he, Caesar?
Caesar: Virgil. You are a good and wise ape.
Lisa: And you, Caesar,|are a good and wise king.
Caesar: What do you mean?
MacDonald: We are not your children, Caesar. We have a destiny too... as equals.. respecting each other, living together with love.
Caesar: Love? The human way is violence and death.
Virgil: Aldo wasn't human... was he, Caesar?
Caesar: Virgil. You are a good and wise ape.
Lisa: And you, Caesar,|are a good and wise king.
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