--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: As far as I’m concerned they’re no better…" description: "\"“As far as I’m concerned they’re no better than the apes. That’s not right, though. They’re worse. At least the apes have the decency not to wage war a..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/799/dennis-freeman-94945_war_as-far-as-i-m-concerned-they-re-no-bette_2150678.jpg" --- # As far as I’m concerned they’re no better than the apes… ![“As far as I’m concerned they’re no better than the apes. That’s not right, though. They’re worse. At least the apes have the decency not to wage war and destroy the world they’ve been gifted.” Rae sighed again. “I don’t know what he sees in them, Bell. That’s not my job. I just do what I’m told.” quote by Dennis Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/799/dennis-freeman-94945_war_as-far-as-i-m-concerned-they-re-no-bette_2150678.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/799/dennis-freeman-94945_war_as-far-as-i-m-concerned-they-re-no-bette_2150678.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/799/dennis-freeman-94945_war_as-far-as-i-m-concerned-they-re-no-bette_2150678.jpg) > ““As far as I’m concerned they’re no better than the apes. That’s not right, though. They’re worse. At least the apes have the decency not to wage war and destroy the world they’ve been gifted.” Rae sighed again. “I don’t know what he sees in them, Bell. That’s not my job. I just do what I’m told.”” Dennis Freeman ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Apes are morally superior to humans who wage war, highlighting humanity’s destructive tendencies **In simple terms:** Humans are worse than apes due to war and destruction Key Takeaway Advocate for peace and ethical behavior Themes war human nature morality animal comparison Mood somber critical thoughtful Type Apes:1 War:1 Worse Apes:0 Apes Decency:0 Better Apes:0 Apes Right:0 When to use this quote - peace activism - environmental advocacy - educational discourse Key Concepts ethical philosophy anthropology Questions to Reflect On - What drives humanity’s capacity for destruction? - Can moral progress outweigh our violent history? A Different Perspective Apes comparison may oversimplify human complexity ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Apes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/) [War](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/) ## Related quotes > [A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/a-bad-man-becomes-worse-when-he-apes-a-saint/) [Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/) > [ He \["the male"\] is trapped in a twilight zone halfway between humans and apes, and is far worse off than apes, because he is,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-solanas/he-the-male-is-trapped-in-a-twilight-zone-halfway-between-humans-and/) [Valerie Solanas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-solanas/) > [Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', was just a film for kids and didn't have any deep meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-lee-thompson/battle-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-was-just-a-film-for-kids-and-didn-t/) J. Lee Thompson > [Lower your gaze because you become less of a human every time you stare at a woman and you stare at her like she's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nouman-ali-khan/lower-your-gaze-because-you-become-less-of-a-human-every-time-you/) [Nouman Ali Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nouman-ali-khan/) > [We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/we-admit-that-we-are-like-apes-but-we-seldom-realise-that-we-are-apes/) [Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/) > [I think the problem we have as apes is we're asking far bigger questions than we could possibly process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-think-the-problem-we-have-as-apes-is-we-re-asking-far-bigger/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [Mass ought to be in Latin, unless you could do it in Greek or Chinese. 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Lee Thompson > [Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/far-out-in-the-uncharted-backwaters-of-the-unfashionable-end-of-the/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [“Civilization is only a pretense; in the crisis, we become mere apes again, forgetting the rational biped of our pretensions and becoming instead the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/civilization-is-only-a-pretense-in-the-crisis-we-become-mere-apes/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [The idea that war should be conducted within a moral framework may seem like a quaint medieval practice, but as speech separates humans from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-idea-that-war-should-be-conducted-within-a-moral-framework-may/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Is man an ape or an angel? 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