Dr. Zaius: You ask me to help you? Man is evil! Capable of nothing but destruction.
Fat man: You don't understand, Mr. Brent. The Bomb is a holy weapon for peace.
Ursus: He bleeds! The Lawgiver bleeds.
Negro: Mr. Taylor, Mr. Brent, we are a peaceful people. We don't kill our enemies. We get our enemies to kill each other.
Mendez: Glory be to the Bomb, and to the Holy Fallout. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. World without end. Amen.
Ursus: The only good human... is a dead human.
Ursus: The only thing that counts in the end is power! Naked merciless force.
Nova: Taylor.
Dr. Zira: Gorillas are cruel because they're stupid! All bone and no brain.
Chosen answer: It's never explained. The ship had gone through a time warp and that may have rendered it inoperable once it arrived at the new time destination.
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