More than machinery we need humanity

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 shall 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 others happiness
not by each others misery.
We don't want to hate and despise one another.
And this world has 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 soul,
has dedicated 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 would be violent and all would be lost.
The aeroplane 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.

For those who can hear me,
I say, do not despair!

The misery that is now upon us is about the passing of greed,
the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress.
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 men die
liberty will never perish.

"The great dictator speech"
Charlie Chaplin