[Charlie Chaplin]
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 man, white
We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another
In this world, there's 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 mens' 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 has 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