War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) - Quotes

Caesar: Don't worry, Maurice. You are all home now. Apes are strong... With or without me.

Maurice: [speaking] Son will know who was father... And what Caesar did for us.

Nova: [via sign language] Ape? Me... Ape?

Maurice: [speaking] Nova. Nova.

Bad Ape: [confused] What?

Bad Ape: [realizing; Maurice growls, causing Bad Ape to silence himself] Oh, no. Oh no! Oh No! No, no nonono- Okay.

Red Donkey: You know... Colonel shoot apes when wall's done.

Caesar: His wall is... madness. It won't save him, anymore than it will save you.

Red Donkey: I save myself.

Caesar: Is there anything left of you to save?

Caesar: Koba...

Koba: Sleep. You cannot save them. Apes all die here.

Caesar: No!

Koba: Yes. Join me.

Caesar: [[mercy] I think you have no ].

The Colonel: You came here to kill me. Were you going to show me mercy?

Caesar: I showed you mercy when I spared your men. I offered you peace and you killed my family.

The Colonel: [[Nature; [arrogance; [PTSD|that the war was too much for him; [clarity; [coward] Mercy. Do you have any idea what your mercy would do to us? You're much stronger than we are. You're smart as hell. No matter what you say, you'd eventually replace us. That's the law of ]. The irony is, we created you. We tried to defy Nature, bend it to our will. Nature has been punishing us for our ] ever since. Ten months ago, I sent out recon units to look for your base. My own son was a soldier with one of the units. One day, he suddenly stopped speaking. He became primitive, like an animal. They contacted me and said that they thought he'd lost his mind, ]. Then the man who cared for him stopped speaking too. Their medic had a theory, before he stopped speaking, that the virus that almost wiped us out, the virus that every human survivor still carries, had suddenly changed. Mutated. And that, if it spread, it would destroy humanity for good this time. Not by killing us, but by robbing us of those things that make us human. Our speech, our higher thinking. It would turn us into beasts. You talk about mercy? What would you have done? It was a moment of ] for me. I realized that I would have to sacrifice my only son, so that humanity could be saved. I held that gun in my hand for a long time... And I pointed it at my only child. He looked at me with trust in his eyes. Even in his primitive gaze, I felt his... love. I pulled the trigger. It purified me. It made my purpose clear. I gave orders to kill the others infected, all of them. Burn their belongings, anything that might spread contamination. Some of the men questioned my judgment. I was asking them to do what I had done, to sacrifice their friends, their family. Of course, they refused. I had them killed too. Others with children deserted into the woods. One of those ]s fled to my superiors up north. They tried to convince me that this plague could be dealt with medically. Thats when I realized that they had learned nothing from our past.

Caesar: You killed them too?

The Colonel: What did I do, Preacher?

Preacher: You severed their heads, sir.

The Colonel: Except for the one I spared so he could return and deliver a message. If they wanted to relieve me of my command, they'd have to meet me here, and do it themselves. This used to be a weapons depot. They turned it into a relocation camp when the crisis was just beginning. But the weapons are all still here, inside the mountain.

Caesar: How many men will be coming?

The Colonel: Probably all of them. But don't get any ideas, the only thing they fear more than me is you apes. This is a holy war. All of human history has led to this moment. If we lose, we'll be the last of our kind. It will be a planet of apes, and we'II become your cattle. Look at you. You think I am sick, don't you? I didn't mean to kill your son. But if his destiny was to inherit your unholy kingdom... I am glad I did.

The Colonel: So emotional! I see how conflicted you are. You are confused in your purpose. You're angry at me for something I did that was an act of war. But you're taking this all much far too personally. What do you think my men would have done to your apes, if you had killed me? Or is killing me more important?

Captain: Blood!

Soldiers: Makes the grass grow!

Captain: We!

Soldiers: Make the blood flow!

Captain: We are the beginning!

Soldiers: And the end!

Caesar: Lake.

Lake: [via sign language] Forgive them. We've been through much.

Cornelius: [signs] Father!

Caesar: What have I done?

The Colonel: [[Ulysses S. Grant|Grant; [w: Stephen D. Lee|Lee; [Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Wellington; [Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon; [w: George Armstrong Custer|Custer; [Sitting Bull] ]...and ]. ]...and ]. ] and ]... You're probably not much of a reader, but this is a big moment. Where were you? We came upon your herd. We got lucky. I was surprised you weren't with them.

Preacher: Hey! Hey! Hey!

The Colonel: I hope you don't come to regret sparing his life. He's quite a good shot. Have you finally come to save your apes?

Caesar: I came for you.

The Colonel: For me? Who did I kill that night?

Caesar: My wife. My son.

The Colonel: I'm sorry. I was there for you. My God. Look at your eyes. Almost human.

Caesar: They must pay.

Maurice: Now... you sound like Koba.

Bad Ape: I see you look at her just now. Look sad. You have child?

Caesar: One. The other was killed by human.

Bad Ape: Soldier?

Bad Ape: I... had child.

Maurice: She'll die out here alone.

Caesar: We cannot take her, Maurice.

Maurice: I understand... But I cannot leave her.

Caesar: Koba still haunts us. Why didn't I see that he could not forgive what humans did to him?

Maurice: No one could have known how much darkness... was living inside him.

Maurice: Do you think they will give him the message?

Caesar: They are the message, Maurice. He will see we are not savages.

Travis: Just kill us already.

Lang: Shut up, man!

Travis: What? They're animals. He's gonna slaughter us.

Caesar: I did not start this war. The ape who did is dead. His name was Koba. I killed him. Now I fight only to protect apes.

Opening Text: [[Rise of the Planet of the Apes|RISE; [Dawn of the Planet of the Apes|DAWN] Fifteen years ago, a scientific experiment gone wrong gave ] to a species of intelligent apes... and destroyed most of humanity with a virus that became known as the Simian Flu. With the ] of a new ape civilization led by Caesar, the surviving humans struggled to coexist... but fighting finally broke out when a rebel ape, Koba, led a vengeful attack against the humans. The humans sent a distress call to a military base in the North where all that remained of the U.S. Army was gathered. A ruthless Special Forces Colonel and his hardened battalion were dispatched to exterminate the apes. Evading capture for the last two years, Caesar is now rumored to be marshaling the fight from a hidden command base in the woods... as the WAR rages on...

Red Ape: I don't fear you. You must fear! How long you think woods can protect you? Humans destroy you. Their Colonel has all power. For them, he more than just human. He everything. He say: "First Caesar die... then all of you die.

Koba: Ape not kill ape.

The Colonel: All of human history has lead to this moment. The irony is we created you. And nature has been punishing us ever since. This is our last stand. And if we lose... it will be a Planet of Apes.

Rocket: Feeling better? Good. Then we can talk about... Escape. Apes together strong!

Colonel McCullough: [From a deleted scene, where an infected Colonel confronts Caesar] Least you can take comfort... Your struggle ends. Ours goes on. Nature still has the power to wipe us off this planet at any moment. Killed the dinosaurs with a single meteor. You apes... are so strong. I wonder... what kinda world you would've built... on our graves.

Colonel McCullough: [[King Kong] 99, target acquired. 99, target acquired. Repeat: ] is dead!

Bad Ape: Oh no! Why so small?

Bad Ape: Human get sick. Ape get smart. Then human kill ape. But not me. I run.

Caesar: Maurice was right. I am... like Koba. He could not escape his hate. And I still cannot escape mine.

Caesar: What did the Colonel promise you? You really think he'll let you live after we're gone? You let them call you "donkey". You are ape.

Caesar: LEAVE HIM!

Caesar: It was a mistake bringing you all. This is my fight. I will finish this alone.

Caesar: My son... my wife.... are dead.

Caesar: There were only two of you, but we are many. Apes, together, strong.

Caesar: Tell your Colonel you have seen me now. And I have a message for him: Leave us the woods, and the killing can stop.