“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 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.” – Charlie Chaplin, from The Great Dictator
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