Jane Goodall
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"Dame Jane Morris Goodall", is an English Primatology/primatologist, Ethology/ethologist, Anthropology/anthropologist, and United Nations Messengers of Peace/UN Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 55-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots program, and she has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues. She has served on the board of the Nonhuman Rights Project since its founding in 1996.

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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

We reckon that in about 20 years there'll be none left.

Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity.

I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other's company.

If you look through all the different cultures. Right from the earliest, earliest days with the animistic religions, we have sought to have some kind of explanation for our life, for our being, that is outside of our humanity.

I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Doolittle.

Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved.

A number of sanctuaries will be needed to provide the social and physical environments that these chimpanzees need and deserve. I am delighted to hear about the generosity of the people of northwest Louisiana making one such haven possible. On behalf of the chimpanzees, thank you.

Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned from them has shaped my understanding of human behavior, of our place in nature.

My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature.

If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.

We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.

And can I do that alone? No. So there is a whole army of youth that can do it. So I suppose my mission is to reach as many of those young people as I can through my own efforts.

If we haven't educated people like this young man.

Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change.

The more we learn of the true nature of non-human animals, especially those with complex brains and corresponding complex social behavior, the more ethical concerns are raised regarding their use in the service of man -- whether this be in entertainment, as 'pets,' for food, in research laboratories, or any of the other uses to which we subject them.

People say to me so often, 'Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people are asking these questions and yet you seem peaceful,' and I always answer that it is the peace of the forest that I carry inside.

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

Roots creep under the ground to make a firm foundation. Shoots seems new and small, but to reach the light they can break through brick walls.

In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them? Surely we should treat them with the same consideration and kindness as we show to other humans; and as we recognize human rights, so too should we recognize the rights of the great apes? Yes.

As a small child in England, I had this dream of going to Africa. We didn't have any money and I was a girl, so everyone except my mother laughed at it. When I left school, there was no money for me to go to university, so I went to secretarial college and got a job.

The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.

If people get to meet them face-to-face and see how amazing they are, they are much more likely to be interested in their plight in Africa and Asia.

I came up with 'Roots and Shoots' when I was traveling around the world in increasingly broader circles talking about the environmental issues and challenges facing Africa.