Charles Chaplin, The Great Dictator, 1940; "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 IS ROOM FOR EVERYONE."; "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 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…."
