Tormented Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 [spoiler='The Speech']I'm sorry but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black men, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each others' happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls; has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge as made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in man; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say "Do not despair." The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you and enslave you; who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder! Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men---machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have a love of humanity in your hearts! You don't hate! Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the seventeenth chapter of St. Luke, it's written "the kingdom of God is within man", not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of democracy, let us use that power. Let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill their promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfill that promise! Let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness. Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us all unite![/spoiler] This whole speech is just bad-ass, it touches home and I feel it's just so passionate and strong, thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerion Brightflame Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 I believe this is the Great Dictator Speech am I right? Since this is a link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L0SS Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 I adore this film. It's poignant and powerful. Charlie Chaplin is known for his comical character, but this is his finest work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormented Posted May 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 I believe this is the Great Dictator Speech am I right? Since this is a link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo I believe so, it's even better whence it's heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sage Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Has someone read Cracked lately~ If it is, I love you even more. Great speech, unfortunate aftermath of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L0SS Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Has someone read Cracked lately~ If it is, I love you even more. Great speech, unfortunate aftermath of the film. This is really quite a strange moment in the film, compared to the previous motives of the character. I think that made it's impact even greater, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merci Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Never heard it before, but when I watched the video, I had to admit I almost cried. This speech was made SEVENTY years ago? Are you all frikin serious? This speech can be applied right here to this modern era, and in that it shows that human nature has barely changed at all. It was a really touching speech...which movie did it come from anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L0SS Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Never heard it before, but when I watched the video, I had to admit I almost cried. This speech was made SEVENTY years ago? Are you all frikin serious? This speech can be applied right here to this modern era, and in that it shows that human nature has barely changed at all. It was a really touching speech...which movie did it come from anyway? The Great Dictator, a Charlie Chaplin film. It's brilliant; I'm going to get a copy on DVD, if I can find one. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032553/?ref_=sr_3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla1ne Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Beautiful, the world needs more of this. much more of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehmani Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 It sounds almost Orwellian, kind of like the pleas he makes in Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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