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world's greatest speech:


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 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.

THE WAY OF LIFE CAN BE FREE AND BEAUTIFUL,
BUT WE HAVE LOST THAT WAY.

GREED HAS POISENED MEN'S SOULS.
IT HAS BARRICADED THE WORLD WITH HATE.
IT 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 AIRPLANE AND THE RADIO
HAVE BROUGHT US CLOSER TOGETHOR.

THE VERY NATURE FOR THESE INVENTIONS
CRIES OUT THE GOODNESS IN MAN,
CRIES FOR THE UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD -
FOR THE UNITY IN US ALL.

THERE ARE MILLIONS OF DISPAIRING
MEN, WOMEN, AND LITTLE CHILDREN.
VICTIMS OF A PRISON THAT MAKES MAN
TORTURE AND IMPRISON 
INNOCENT PEOPLE.

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE READING,
DO NOT DISPAIR.

THE MISERY THAT IS UPON US
IS BUT THE PASSING OF GREED
AND BITTERNESS OF MEN
WHO FEAR PROGRESS.

THE HATE OF MEN WILL PASS
AND DICTATORS DIE
AND THE POWER THEY TOOK FROM THE PEOPLE
WILL RETURN TO THE PEOPLE.

DON'T GIVE YOURSELF TO BRUTES,
MEN WHO DESPISE AND ENSLAVE YOU
WHO REGIMENT YOUR LIVE -
TELL YOU WHAT TO DO
WHAT TO THINK
AND WHAT TO FEEL!

WHO DRILL YOU, DIET YOU
TREAT YOU LIKE CATTLE!

DON'T GIVE IN TO THESE UNNATURAL PEOPLE.

MACHINE MEN
WITH MACHINE MINDS
AND MACHINE HEARTS

YOU ARE NOT A MACHINE!
YOU ARE NOT CATTLE!
YOU ARE A PERSON.

YOU HAVE THE LOVE OF HUMANITY
IN YOUR HEART.

YOU DON'T HATE.
ONLY THE UNNATURAL HATE.

DON'T FIGHT FOR SLAVERY
FIGHT FOR LIBERTY.

FIGHT FOR A NEW WORLD
WHICH WILL GIVE MEN THE CHANCE TO WORK!
THAT WILL GIVE THE YOUNG A FUTURE.
 FIGHT TO FREE THE WORLD.

TO DO AWAY WITH NATIONAL BARRIERS
TO DO AWAY WITH GREED
WITH HATE AND INTOLERANCE

FIGHT FOR A WORLD OF REASON.
A WORLD WHERE SCIENCE AND PROGRESS
WILL LEAD TO ALL MEN'S HAPPINESS.

YOU HAVE THE POWER.

THE POWER TO CREATE MACHINES.
  THE POWER TO CREATE HAPPINESS.
THE POWER TO MAKE LIFE FREE AND BEAUTIFUL.
TO MAKE LIFE A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE.

IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO MAKE A QUOTE OF,
BUT IT WON'T TAKE LONG TO READ 

nmq


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world's greatest speech: I'M SORRY, BUT I DON'T WANT

101 faves · 3 comments · Jul 31, 2012 9:35pm

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ukian · 1 decade ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtICt1Tx-TY

cite your sources, that speech came from this video
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TikTokToo1 · 1 decade ago
This reminds me of Charlie Chaplin's speech. :p
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xxkkkrazexx · 1 decade ago
who made tht?
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