Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) · 18 quotes
Tied for most-quoted character in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970): in 7 of its 18 quotes
Most scenes with: Zaius (2)
Brutal butchery! I swear those responsible shall pay with torture and with death!
Ursus Our great Lawgiver tells us that never, never will the human have the ape's divine faculty for being able to distinguish between evil and good. The only good human is a dead human! But those fortunate enough to remain alive will have the privilege of being used by our revered Minister of Science, the good Dr. Zaius.
Ursus It is our holy duty to put our feet upon it, to enter it, to put the mark of our guns and our wheels, and our flags upon it. To expand the boundaries of our ineluctable power. And to invade!
Ursus I can't order them to do what the Lawgiver has forbidden! Ape shall not kill ape.
Ursus He bleeds! The Lawgiver bleeds!
General Ursus No, Doctor. Decisive. Now we invade or we starve. It's as simple as that.
And as dangerous.
General Ursus What is more dangerous than famine, Doctor?
The unknown.
This is the instrument of my god.
He can speak!
Ursus Your god, huh? Sargent. [An ape soldier pulls out a machine gun and shoots Mendez dead] Your god didn't save you, did he? Huh? [pulls out his own machine gun and begins shooting the bomb]
Ursus! Ursus, are you mad?! That weapon was built by man. You can't shoot it down with only a clip of bullets!
Ursus If we can't shoot it down, we'll pull it down! Ropes! Block and tackle! Get on it!
But you don't know what you're doing! It'll kill us all!
