Charlie Chaplin (1951)

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cc 278 seated, Garbitsch declares that Liberty, Equality, and Democracy are but words to fool the people. In the future each man owes all his duty to the state. He then introduces the dictator of Tomania, conqueror of Austerlich, "the future Emperor of the World!" ''You must speak," Schultz tells the nervous barber. "I can't!" — "It's our only hope." The other repeats the word "hope" as he thinks of Hannah (musically portrayed). The barber rises; goes to the microphones; the thousands are in suspense. He begins simply and quietly: "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 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. . . . Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. . . . We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. . . . Even now my voice is reaching out. ..." (Hannah is shown weeping on the ground). "To those who can hear me I say, do not despair. . . . 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 these brutes — men who despise you — enslave you — regiment your lives — treat you like cattle and use you as cannon fodder — You are not machines! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts — don't hate. ..." (Camera moves closer to his face, revealing real perspiration as he builds to a climax) "... The Kingdom of God is within man ... in the name of democracy let us all unite. Let us fight for a new