The Great Dictator
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. We all want to help
one another -- human beings are like that. We all 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 and the 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, and 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 aero plane and the radio have brought us closer together.
The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men, 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 the power they took from the people will return to the people and
liberty will never perish.
In the seventeenth chapter of Saint Luke it is written,
"The kingdom of God is within man." Not one man, nor a group of
men, but in all men -- in you, the people.
You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the
power to create happiness. You the people have the power to make life free and
beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of
democracy let's 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 you
the future and old age and security. Let us fight to free the world, to
do away with national barriers, 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. Let us all unite!
Look up. The clouds are lifting, the sun is breaking
through. We are coming out of the darkness into the light. The soul of
man has been given wings, and at last he is beginning to fly. He is flying into
the rainbow - into the light of hope - into the future, that glorious future
that belongs to you, to me and to all of us. Look up. Look up!
"The happiness is not about having all that I want, it's about having less wants." I agree that greed is poisoning our soul. Sharing, consideration, respect, looking out for the other person all seem to be in decline. To be happy -- it is important to share, work together with consideration and respect for one another, look out for the other person. We are in this together. I do believe the plight of the least of us affects each of us and the whole of us. I do believe we will grow and be happy as a working together whole or decline and die as greedy individuals.
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Prakash H N
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