Virgil quotes from Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

Gorillas? Aldo, let's start with you.

Aldo

General Aldo!

With respect, General Aldo, this is barely legible and will have to be written again. Your capital A leans over like a tent in a high wind.
apes laugh in amusement, causing Aldo to sneer

And your capital K.
Aldo checks

Aldo

Ape shall never kill Abe.
he rips it up

No, Aldo, no.
the apes gasp in shock

Virgil

Teacher. In all our years of slavery to mankind, the word "No" was the one word we were electrically conditioned to fear. An ape may say "No" to a human, but a human may never again say "No" to an ape. Tell them you're sorry and you can go home while you still got a home to go to. I'll put in a good word for you with Caesar.

General Aldo... I'm... I'm sorry. The writing you destroyed was by Caesar's son. I did not want you to suffer Caesar's anger.

Aldo

*What do I care for Caesar's anger?! Let me give you a taste of mine!

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."

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.

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

Aldo! You..... You killed.

Aldo killed!
more apes growl in righteous anger

Aldo has broken our most sacred law!

Lisa

Our child. He killed our child.

What's the matter with them?

MacDonald

I guess you could say they just joined the human race.

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!

Caesar

Can one murder be avenged by another?

Virgil

Perhaps only the future will tell.

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.