Its sad, the vast majority of people of any race and culture are cool in their own way. Its always these self inflated, overly vocalised minorities (by that I mean fringe groups, not races) that cause conflict. The majority of people just want to live their lives and feed their families
Over-rated portrayal and self-important philosophizing, I prefer the straighforward bombast of Moe Howard's portrayal - and he was Jewish. His "Hailstone" is much funnier, and the satire was some months before "The Great Dictator."
This is a speech in a movie from 75 or 80 years ago. Its a pretty good speech when you think of it that way. The way it remains current enough to be relevant in these very different times. I challenge myself you and anyone else to write something for a movie today that is as important 80 years from now. As relevant.
This film was a classic example of western propaganda (combating Goebbels at the time). Disguise as entertainment, belittle your opponent etc etc. I think it was horrifically slanted but still a good film :) That's my opinon. Also if you study closely enough you'll find that the Nazis weren't all evil, and the allies CERTAINLY weren't all good. The same bad men rule today, they just wave different flags, and speak different tongues. My $0.02.
@OneEyeWonderWeasil No not all them were bad, a lot of them didn't have a choice really. And yes some of the allies and some of the American's too did a lot of pretty bad stuff in and after the war. "The same bad men rule today, just wear different flags". Hit the head on the nail there.
• These things are only possible when we have rid the world of the Monetary system. Only then will humanity be truly free. Please do not fear the change that is coming, all humans are born to do good, in the main it is their nuture and environmnent that leads them to deviance. Please research. Let us not judge one another and let us learn to have compassion and understanding for our perceived enemies, who don't really exist.
These things are only possible when we have rid the world of the Monetary system. Only then will humanity be truly free. Please do not fear the change that is coming, all humans are born to do good, in the main it is their nuture and environmnent that leads them to deviance. Please research. Let us not judge one another and let us learn to have compassion and understanding for our perceived enemies, who don't really exsist.
I believe i was born in the wrong time, I'm an anachronism, I abhor the movies of today. No substance, no dialogue to be found. I challenge anyone to name a movie within the last twenty years that touches on the human condition with such accuracy. Consumers, the lot of us!!
@rangerschultz i believe there's several, i mean doing what you love that challenges the mindset of others, i think there's several even if they aren't American. To me i'd say School Of Rock, that's just my opinion, because it's real, it's life, doing what you love without the opposition of the media, the mainstream, and so on.
Oh, and also, another reason why there is no hope, because the people that aren't apathetic and that actually do care fight each other like idiots. Examples? See below.
I used to think there was hope for humankind but now I realise that there is not. This is because people are apathetic. People have just enough to be satisfied. So just give up hope everyone, this world is fucked, we are fucked, this is as good as it's going to get. If it improved it will only improve slightly, if it gets worse it will get worse dramatically. There's no such thing as peace just half time between wars. There's no such thing as love and kindess when there isn't enough food.
Great speech! Wake up America and this speech was long before Dr. Martin Luther King. Listen to the message you fools! Hate will brake this nation of greed, lust and envy. Wake up before it's to late.
@AmericanPowerBase The first response of the intellectually challenged is to resort to insults. I won't argue the point with you, you have shown me that you are an ignorant simpleton who wouldn't listen to reason or logic. I leave you with yourcesspool you call a brain.
PS America has probably done more to aid the cause of tyranny than any other country since nazi Germany
Charlie Chaplin wrote it, and Charlie Chaplin meant it. It may be in a movie, but so was jesus, Doesn't make it any less real to those who want to belive. He gave us Laughter, Tears, and the gift of thought, All of which are real. Charles Chaplin didn't produce movies, he produced preformances. and what is life but on big play?
@AmericanPowerBase IT wasn't His FAULT...? NO... Shame on YOU for your IGNORANCE... about the RULE OF LAW...! Or perhaps YOU also are IGNORANT of "Roberts Rules of Order?" Funny how all the Liberals MISS such Things...! ...LOL! ...LOL! ...LOL! ...LOL! ...LOL!
more people should see this speech and see his emotion, and understand peace and humanity the way he did.
everything he says in this speech is true, regardless of what others say. we all must overcome our hatred and learn to live and help one another as brothers, or we shall truly destroy ourselves.......not with bullets or guns, with hate.
Caution. The most dangerous lies are those that sound true and good to the casual ear. "A world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness" is the lie that led to many deaths at the feet of progress. Many good things can come from science and as many evil things. Those who depend on science and progress for happiness will be as disappointed as those who seek it in money and power.
Do you think it is true? "We want to live by each other's happiness not by each other's missery." It is a nice thought. It may be hard to believe sometimes. But all in all, I believe it.
@WorthyTraitor And who decides who is worthy of enfranchisment? One man, one vote works to lessen at all cost tyranny of any form, even the benevolent sort. Look at the US health care reforms, all those people campaigning against a measure to improve the lot of poorer people.
The great thing about this speech is that Chaplin himself truly hated luxury and never allowed it to enter his life, unlike so many others that welcome it as soon as the possibility presents itself.
“The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.”
I read the real reason Chaplin went ahead and made this movie was he was completely outraged when he heard that Hitler copied his mustache style to use Chaplins popularity to endear himself to Germans.. Chaplin went and got himself some epic revenge. They said Hitler actually saw this movie TWICE but passed it off as Jewish propaganda as he thought Chaplin was a Jew.
@JamesTKirkCobain i think you read wrong, check out Chaplins autobiography, its a great book to read but could shed some light for you as to why chaplin made this film
Its just so unbelievable that in the present day a speech from so long ago is still so relevent to our lives today.
Wake the up people and see whats happening to you and your children. Research read. Turn off your popular newscasts and find your information independently from reliable sources.
This is not Just a Movie, it is very important to remember when watching any part of this movie, that it was written, filmed and published before the first gunfire of the WW2 was shot.
Also important is that at that time, the Nazi party was welcome in the US as a diplomatic and political contact, so this movie is not just an amazing prediction of what came after, it also goes agains a great number of contemporary interests.
This is Charlie Chaplin speaking the "Jewish Barber" playing the "Great Dictator" - but the words are from Chaplin's heart:
"Now let us fight to fulfil that promise. 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."
All those who seek to imprison humanity, to bind our minds; will find that they shall be struck down. In the end the best in us shines bright. Those who would capitalize on the evil that man can do; will find that in the end they will be destroyed. This goes for anyone Preachers, Fascist etc..
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Charles Chaplin is the greatest filmmaking genius of all time. Writer, actor, music composer, producer, director...phenomenal talent and his films are timeless. They blow away today's lame attempts at comedy and they are very moving as well. Great movie, The Great Dictator (Hitler stole Chaplin's mustache BTW, Chaplin had it first). As for this quote from John, however...it sounds like humanistic, do-gooder talk. Man is sinful and needs to ask the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive him.
sorry but how can you listen to that speech and think that man needs to ask help from jesus. He says very clearly in the 17th chapter of Luke "the kingdom of God is in the hand of man." Used in context he means stop expecting us to be saved but save ourselves. Glory can only be achieved thru the good works of man. Glory will be achieved when we create it here that will be true glory.
seems silly to ask forgiveness for being created but hey sounds to me that you dont celebrate your faith but mourn it. now you said it remember man is sinful couldnt agree more but that means that book you say is good was created by sinful men so i wouldnt hold to much stock in its words.
Sure man can do good...he's created in the image of God. However, he is corrupted by sin and his good deeds always are impure in some way. God's holiness is beyond us but hHe offers to give it to us through faith in Christ. I celebrate that.
I am sure that you are a holy man,as are most who evangelize because of goodness. but what works for you works because it is what you grew up with. it represents your schema and perspective on life. many do not share this view. you must be willing to compromise on a civic level to accomplish the peace you dream of. even if a messiah surfaces, there will never be a day when all humanity sacrifices everything the have known.
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He starts with Jews and Gentiles! He preaches the world to be tolerant but as a Jew he himself thinks that he is the chosen man of God and therefore superior to the rest of us! What he is really saying is: I am a Jew and am chosen by god and the rest of you (Gentiles) are just animals created in human shape to serve me! God also promised me your lands and farms and homes! Dont you like it? Go complain to God!
Very scarry thgat so many commentators here seem to think this "speech" is meant to be taken literally and seriously as a call to action. Do you all not understand that the movie, and the speech in which it occurred was an ironic spoof of Hitler?
Yes, I do take this speech literally, seriously, and as a call to action. It does not matter what the movie was intended as, for the message in these words is what is truly important. Someday a leader will come who will guide humanity into a wondrous future of love and equality. I only hope I will live to see that day.
The leader you are looking for will come...we refer to him as Antichrist. He will seemingly have all the answers, but as Chaplin said, he LIES! After him, Jesus Christ will reign...then there WILL be peace.
I think the speech *is* to be taken literally, EmitFlestiKY - the plot of the film involves a Prince-and-Pauper style case of mistaken identity, and so the character giving the speech is in fact a victim of the regime whose leader he resembles.
The speech has no literal meaning. Read "Tyranny of Words" and then come back and rewatch this video. You'll be amazed of how empty and disappointing it is going to sound to you after reading this book.
"Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. We think too much. And feel too little."
We may define abstracts differently, but that does not mean that they cease to exist. Freedom may be an abstract but you would still miss it in it's absence. You shouldn't judge how he would look upon the speech after reading the book, because you cannot know. That said, the speech is perfectly fine to me.
Freedom can mean everything from putting you in a concentration camp to free up space for those "worthy" of it to taking away your posessions and splitting them evenly among people. Freedom basically translates to: "A state of affairs that I am in comfort with". Wherever you can complain about a lack of freedom it is because someone else's freedom is getting in your way. In every society there are always going to be people that are losers and don't feel free at all.
This 7 minutes will go down as one of the most important and significant passages in the history of filmmaking, no matter how long that history is! My heart fills with hope and my eyes with tears every time I hear it!
but he killed 9 million innocent people,despite if anything, he was a part of the nwo. heres a quote from hitler "communism is a jewish conspiracy", heres a line from the protocols of zion "communism is a jewish conspiracy" coincidence? i think chapman was showing us how a passionate speaker using these words can manipulate anyone into a dictatorship.
PEOPLE PEOPLE now go and see HITLER as channeled by winged of Desteni productions. you will start to understand very much and why he was potty. Mostly cos he could see what the NWO were and are still up to. 15 vids listen and please try to hear
ilove this speech. i watch every day when i come online. however, i have quistion. where do we draw the line between dictatorship and democracy? keep in your head Hammas in palastine was elected democtatic election and after all they terrorists?
Don't think this speech is about democracy specifically. It's about peace, freedom, liberty and humanity. In answer to your question I think you are mixing democracy and its drawbacks with dictatorship. Democracy has its own flaws. You mentioned Hamas but I'd say what about G.W. Bush? It's still democracy but people made a mistake. So did Palestinians.
The Palestinians are much like Germany 1918. The people are being contained and restricted by Israel. When people are pushed into a corner they usually turn to the loudest person in the room and unfortunately that person is not always the best.
@somalixoogsato why do you call Hammas terrorists? ... to the palestinians they are not terrorists. They are fighting for them. They are exrtemists. If not for Israels illegal siege on them they would not have the power they have now, they pull amongst the people. Democracy is flawed because people are flawed.
@somalixoogsato Hamas are not terrorists, they're fighting the occupiers, the people who occupy Palestine are terrorists and the people who call Hamas "terrorists" & support the occupiers are terrorists.
this is unfair. the Israeli's have foregone their spirituality and their love, and after everything the Zionists went through not only in Europe, but throughout the world in the last 2000 years, I forgive their trespass. they must be willing to compromise, and I know that the extreme Orthodoxy of Israel prevents that-- but so does the extreme religious of Arabs in Palestine.
lets not forget that both parties have equal claim to the land.
@bobmcrackin O, pleaseeee, you forgive their trespass?! last 2000 years?! You forgive because it's not your home getting invaded, it's not your child getting shot. How can they pour 7.2 million people into a land where in 1890 only 30,000 jews lived in? Don't believe that "Exile" BS for a minute. First of all what happened 2000 years ago has nothing to do with today or else Persians now owned from india to Greece! Secondly, local jews freely lived in Palestine because they owned their land.
@bobmcrackin I wouldn't call it "Equal claims" because in the last 1000 years there has always been about 8 to 1 Arab to jew ratio, in 1890 there were 30,000 jews & 250,000 Arabs lived in Palestine & under British occupation no one was against jews living there if they wanted to but they didn't want to leave their nice homes in Europe. Even at equal division there should be equal access to the sea, to the holly sites, to Qods/jerusalem & recognition of democratically elected regime of Palestine.
my friend, I agree with you. Israel has stepped out of bounds, certainly. For example, the Golan Heights should be given back to Syria-- to occupy it there is warrant, but there is none to annex it.
but listen, the Jews were Canaanites too. the jewish empires and the culture generated thrived strong long before Islam even existed. you are right about calling historical claim, we live in a world very different from that ancient one, but Jews have just as much right to be there
@bobmcrackin It's lot more than Golan Heights.If ownership rights of 2000-3000 years ago (Canaan) had any value today then my old country Iran could've now claimed ownership to about 15-20 countries from tajikestan,to India, to Egypt, to Israel to southern Europe,so that's a void claim.A "jewish empire" never existed until today. At 1 time jewish rulers controlled some of that barren desert of Amman & Jordan. As far as "the right to be there" no one ever denied that, but not this way.
@somalixoogsato This speach was cencured. The key message was cut out. North American democratie has nothing to do with democratie. I urge you to visit Wikipedia and to look up information regarding the french civil war. Liberte, fraternite et equalite. After WWII the German people insisted on not having any knowledge of the concentration camps (wir haben dass nicht gewusst) whereas this is recorded in 1940 (!) which indicates that Chaplin did have knowledge of the fact indeed.
@brioun1 You nitwit. Do some reserach of youir own, perhaps the bit were Chaplin stated that if he didn't think he'd have been able to make the film had he known of the true extent of the Nazis horrific crimes.
@brioun1 You nitwit. Do some research of your own, perhaps the moment when Chaplin said that he didn't know if he'd have been able to make the film had he known the true extent of the Nazis horrific crimes.
woaow this is the uncut speech. ni the us versino of the movie until final of the 60s the speech part where he speaks about the soldiers were cut off.. :-) cool...
all these people with thumbs down are still unconcious and really need to "wake up" to whats going on in the world i thought this speech was amazing givess us hope for a better future.
dude, when you write a speech addressing a nation, you really should be obvious. but he's being subtle in a pretty damn good way. he doesn't just go out, say "have hope for a better day" and leave, but he flat-out tells them the potential of earth and humanity itself, and gives hope.
Truly a great speech. He should have been prime minister of England after Churchill. Chaplin was not just a great comedian, but he was also a great and intelligent man. A true legend!
Thanks for having the entire speech. Most cutoff just before he says "Hannah." And I doubt the individual below will read this ever, but this was solely of Chaplin's creation. He was not under anyone's control. He did spread propoganda. If publicly expressing distaste for the way one man runs a country is propoganda, then we are both guilty of it. We all are.
He was a great actor, unjustly blackballed by hollywood and the US government as a socialist yet he loved America. Imagine Peace.
lunhil12 3 weeks ago
that man should be alive now, when we need him the most
jamon1234 3 weeks ago
I want to give this speech to people of D.P.R.Korea all of them today.
namakokobe 1 month ago
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noseyparka13 3 months ago
play it with /watch?v=Z0kGAz6HYM8 :D :D :D
TrainsToHawaii 4 months ago
"We think too much and feel too little." Beautifully succinct.
kienzlesbc 6 months ago 4
I think Charlie Chaplin was a Baha'i!
lizajanejoeclark 6 months ago
For those with a heart, a wonderful speech.
miack84 6 months ago 2
one of the greatest speech
brynsiziba 7 months ago
Its sad, the vast majority of people of any race and culture are cool in their own way. Its always these self inflated, overly vocalised minorities (by that I mean fringe groups, not races) that cause conflict. The majority of people just want to live their lives and feed their families
TheRhinehart86 7 months ago 5
Anyone think 1:51 to 2:15 sounds slightly prophetic? He could very well be talking about the present day.
Manbi 7 months ago
Over-rated portrayal and self-important philosophizing, I prefer the straighforward bombast of Moe Howard's portrayal - and he was Jewish. His "Hailstone" is much funnier, and the satire was some months before "The Great Dictator."
winifredatwell 7 months ago
Anyone know when the googel-machine started posting in the comments - who put what on their "watch later" list? kinda-F'ed up!
kansasBlues08 8 months ago
nice,
sheepintheherd 8 months ago
i dont agree with much of what hes saying.
sheepintheherd 8 months ago
this was one of the best ends ever
Maestrochimongas 8 months ago
This is a speech in a movie from 75 or 80 years ago. Its a pretty good speech when you think of it that way. The way it remains current enough to be relevant in these very different times. I challenge myself you and anyone else to write something for a movie today that is as important 80 years from now. As relevant.
Trickoflight23 8 months ago 22
Profound
TheAwakenedHeretic 8 months ago
wow his voice gives me chills
LinkStragen 9 months ago 2
This film was a classic example of western propaganda (combating Goebbels at the time). Disguise as entertainment, belittle your opponent etc etc. I think it was horrifically slanted but still a good film :) That's my opinon. Also if you study closely enough you'll find that the Nazis weren't all evil, and the allies CERTAINLY weren't all good. The same bad men rule today, they just wave different flags, and speak different tongues. My $0.02.
OneEyeWonderWeasil 9 months ago
@OneEyeWonderWeasil No not all them were bad, a lot of them didn't have a choice really. And yes some of the allies and some of the American's too did a lot of pretty bad stuff in and after the war. "The same bad men rule today, just wear different flags". Hit the head on the nail there.
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Pakhavar 9 months ago
That was BEAUTIFUL!!!! WOW...
gabbiegouthro 9 months ago
where where in GODs name can we find a great leader to speck like that..where...it was fantastic...
fighter8110 10 months ago 2
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The germans had one in the past.. Too bad he used it for a different agenda.
infernoacid 8 months ago
• These things are only possible when we have rid the world of the Monetary system. Only then will humanity be truly free. Please do not fear the change that is coming, all humans are born to do good, in the main it is their nuture and environmnent that leads them to deviance. Please research. Let us not judge one another and let us learn to have compassion and understanding for our perceived enemies, who don't really exist.
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These things are only possible when we have rid the world of the Monetary system. Only then will humanity be truly free. Please do not fear the change that is coming, all humans are born to do good, in the main it is their nuture and environmnent that leads them to deviance. Please research. Let us not judge one another and let us learn to have compassion and understanding for our perceived enemies, who don't really exsist.
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onlizinenet3 11 months ago
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onlizinenet3 11 months ago
I believe i was born in the wrong time, I'm an anachronism, I abhor the movies of today. No substance, no dialogue to be found. I challenge anyone to name a movie within the last twenty years that touches on the human condition with such accuracy. Consumers, the lot of us!!
rangerschultz 11 months ago 2
@rangerschultz i believe there's several, i mean doing what you love that challenges the mindset of others, i think there's several even if they aren't American. To me i'd say School Of Rock, that's just my opinion, because it's real, it's life, doing what you love without the opposition of the media, the mainstream, and so on.
BODOMmETALwolF 8 months ago
Great great speech. I have to give him a standing ovation for that. :)
eekimsantos 11 months ago
Oh, and also, another reason why there is no hope, because the people that aren't apathetic and that actually do care fight each other like idiots. Examples? See below.
Shoesarequiteuseful 11 months ago
I used to think there was hope for humankind but now I realise that there is not. This is because people are apathetic. People have just enough to be satisfied. So just give up hope everyone, this world is fucked, we are fucked, this is as good as it's going to get. If it improved it will only improve slightly, if it gets worse it will get worse dramatically. There's no such thing as peace just half time between wars. There's no such thing as love and kindess when there isn't enough food.
Shoesarequiteuseful 11 months ago
Somebody is saying words just like these tonight in Egypt.
Coelacanth1938 1 year ago 2
@AmericanPowerBase Nice and true.!! Bravo!!
4shacks1house 1 year ago
pure poetry fills me with love and hope
rtaha93 1 year ago
Great speech! Wake up America and this speech was long before Dr. Martin Luther King. Listen to the message you fools! Hate will brake this nation of greed, lust and envy. Wake up before it's to late.
kj19951 1 year ago 2
@AmericanPowerBase The first response of the intellectually challenged is to resort to insults. I won't argue the point with you, you have shown me that you are an ignorant simpleton who wouldn't listen to reason or logic. I leave you with yourcesspool you call a brain.
PS America has probably done more to aid the cause of tyranny than any other country since nazi Germany
judgedredd123 1 year ago
GREATEST - SPEECH - EVER.
Charlie Chaplin wrote it, and Charlie Chaplin meant it. It may be in a movie, but so was jesus, Doesn't make it any less real to those who want to belive. He gave us Laughter, Tears, and the gift of thought, All of which are real. Charles Chaplin didn't produce movies, he produced preformances. and what is life but on big play?
davidfan 1 year ago 2
Greatest speech of the 20th Century
Carsonist 1 year ago 3
@AmericanPowerBase IT wasn't His FAULT...? NO... Shame on YOU for your IGNORANCE... about the RULE OF LAW...! Or perhaps YOU also are IGNORANT of "Roberts Rules of Order?" Funny how all the Liberals MISS such Things...! ...LOL! ...LOL! ...LOL! ...LOL! ...LOL!
ROGER459 1 year ago
a man truly after my own heart
more people should see this speech and see his emotion, and understand peace and humanity the way he did.
everything he says in this speech is true, regardless of what others say. we all must overcome our hatred and learn to live and help one another as brothers, or we shall truly destroy ourselves.......not with bullets or guns, with hate.
Amber417 1 year ago 2
But the IMAM OBAMA... Only Voted PRESENT... while in Congress...!
ROGER459 1 year ago
I feel pity for the 8 ppl who dislike this speech! this speech is relevant today and always will be!! GREAT SPEECH!!! :)
MultiRamBoy007 1 year ago 2
Caution. The most dangerous lies are those that sound true and good to the casual ear. "A world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness" is the lie that led to many deaths at the feet of progress. Many good things can come from science and as many evil things. Those who depend on science and progress for happiness will be as disappointed as those who seek it in money and power.
aniemerg 1 year ago
8 people hate mankind.
frenzyht 1 year ago 2
Do you think it is true? "We want to live by each other's happiness not by each other's missery." It is a nice thought. It may be hard to believe sometimes. But all in all, I believe it.
Mistertinman 1 year ago
harm sorry
MichaelBlue1990 1 year ago
words do more ahrm then guns and tanks!!!!
MichaelBlue1990 1 year ago
Ahh they don't make actors like this anymore>
Insidiousemoboy1 1 year ago
@Insidiousemoboy1 said, "Ahh they don't make actors like this anymore." It is true. You don't see such performances in the modern era.
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lmanjari 1 year ago
i love chaplin.
he is so compassionate.
i think he was compassionate even toward the nazi in this speech.
he is a great man.
filled with love.
paulocoelhonovels 1 year ago 4
Who is today Dictator: Capital concentrated in the hands of the few... down with corporate democracy
fitobcnfito 1 year ago
Licensed suffrage, via testing, is the key to responsible government. Permit the fool to vote and the ability to influence policy vanishes.
WorthyTraitor 1 year ago
@WorthyTraitor And who decides who is worthy of enfranchisment? One man, one vote works to lessen at all cost tyranny of any form, even the benevolent sort. Look at the US health care reforms, all those people campaigning against a measure to improve the lot of poorer people.
agrigoat 1 year ago
Chaplin: 1
Hitler: 0
MrAussiebloke12345 1 year ago 25
best speech ever
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CaughtBUSTED 1 year ago
Sir Charles Chaplin must have been very brave to fight against the Nazis. This speech deserves our applause.
Operalover12002 1 year ago 3
undoubtedly the greatest speech in cinematic history
mantutito 1 year ago
60 years later, we as americans must listen to this speech and become inspired to do something in the name of goodness
TomCollinsgirl 1 year ago
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spm201 1 year ago
The great thing about this speech is that Chaplin himself truly hated luxury and never allowed it to enter his life, unlike so many others that welcome it as soon as the possibility presents itself.
“The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.”
skydark 1 year ago
I read the real reason Chaplin went ahead and made this movie was he was completely outraged when he heard that Hitler copied his mustache style to use Chaplins popularity to endear himself to Germans.. Chaplin went and got himself some epic revenge. They said Hitler actually saw this movie TWICE but passed it off as Jewish propaganda as he thought Chaplin was a Jew.
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain i think you read wrong, check out Chaplins autobiography, its a great book to read but could shed some light for you as to why chaplin made this film
wyzee23 1 year ago
EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH THIS....I'm gonna put some fragments in my music too!
LOVE AND LIGHT TO EVERYONE
psysbrune 1 year ago
*sniff* Hitler was a wonderful person!
TomSFox 1 year ago
*sniff* The congress are wonderful people!
monkeylx1 1 year ago
Its just so unbelievable that in the present day a speech from so long ago is still so relevent to our lives today.
Wake the up people and see whats happening to you and your children. Research read. Turn off your popular newscasts and find your information independently from reliable sources.
killzc 1 year ago
the chaplin few of us knew. funny how much of it still rings true today.
ciaconne 1 year ago
Thank you very much Charly in the name of God !!!
I call the wind for you ***
Schallwelle1 1 year ago
Great :)
alternatehistorypt 1 year ago
Definitely one great scene from one great film! And a heck of a speech! Hurray for Charlie Chaplin!
Sem dúvida uma grande cena de um grande filme! E um discurso brutal! Viva Charlie Chaplin!
JoaquimRaminhos 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this in full!! a lot of ppl cut it off!! I am linking this one on my Hollywood Legends website.
thenudo 1 year ago
GREATEST speech of all time!! Hail Chaplin!! You are SOO SOO missed!! We need you now-a-days!!
thenudo 1 year ago
thanks for puttin this up...great movie...amazing speech.
srezvani88 1 year ago
This is not Just a Movie, it is very important to remember when watching any part of this movie, that it was written, filmed and published before the first gunfire of the WW2 was shot.
Also important is that at that time, the Nazi party was welcome in the US as a diplomatic and political contact, so this movie is not just an amazing prediction of what came after, it also goes agains a great number of contemporary interests.
It is brilliant in every way.
lonegunmen512 1 year ago
my god i am crying!!!
e22378 2 years ago 3
This is a moving speech for anyone time and place.
togussa 2 years ago
This is Charlie Chaplin speaking the "Jewish Barber" playing the "Great Dictator" - but the words are from Chaplin's heart:
"Now let us fight to fulfil that promise. 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."
JDSackman 2 years ago
How cleverly ironic and true this video is.
SlimD11 2 years ago
All those who seek to imprison humanity, to bind our minds; will find that they shall be struck down. In the end the best in us shines bright. Those who would capitalize on the evil that man can do; will find that in the end they will be destroyed. This goes for anyone Preachers, Fascist etc..
Hempeater 2 years ago 3
Wow people use these comments for just about any agenda dont they? And I guess just about anyone can twist this speech to serve any purpose.
Just enjoy it as it is. Its words are true for all of us. And do not stone someone or condemn anyone if their beliefs do not match yours.
UNITE!!!
hedgewan 2 years ago 19
"Mira al Oriente... mira al Oriente de tu corazón... Está saliendo un nuevo Sol...
Dicen que deja estelas de Libertad...
Dicen que es la Esperanza... La Esperanza dormida hasta hoy en la otra orilla...
Mira al Oriente... Hacia el Oriente de tí mismo... Está amaneciendo en la costa de tu mirada...
Ya brilla una nueva estrella.
mayuzumi92 2 years ago
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Fuck you, dick-head, i meant cute as in well concieved and executed, you little bastard!!
ninjaboj 2 years ago
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Charles Chaplin is the greatest filmmaking genius of all time. Writer, actor, music composer, producer, director...phenomenal talent and his films are timeless. They blow away today's lame attempts at comedy and they are very moving as well. Great movie, The Great Dictator (Hitler stole Chaplin's mustache BTW, Chaplin had it first). As for this quote from John, however...it sounds like humanistic, do-gooder talk. Man is sinful and needs to ask the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive him.
pennylaneproductions 2 years ago
sorry but how can you listen to that speech and think that man needs to ask help from jesus. He says very clearly in the 17th chapter of Luke "the kingdom of God is in the hand of man." Used in context he means stop expecting us to be saved but save ourselves. Glory can only be achieved thru the good works of man. Glory will be achieved when we create it here that will be true glory.
Nibielari 2 years ago 3
Jesus said without Him we can do nothing. He said none were good but God.
pennylaneproductions 2 years ago
seems silly to ask forgiveness for being created but hey sounds to me that you dont celebrate your faith but mourn it. now you said it remember man is sinful couldnt agree more but that means that book you say is good was created by sinful men so i wouldnt hold to much stock in its words.
Nibielari 2 years ago
Sure man can do good...he's created in the image of God. However, he is corrupted by sin and his good deeds always are impure in some way. God's holiness is beyond us but hHe offers to give it to us through faith in Christ. I celebrate that.
pennylaneproductions 2 years ago
@pennylaneproductions
I am sure that you are a holy man,as are most who evangelize because of goodness. but what works for you works because it is what you grew up with. it represents your schema and perspective on life. many do not share this view. you must be willing to compromise on a civic level to accomplish the peace you dream of. even if a messiah surfaces, there will never be a day when all humanity sacrifices everything the have known.
bobmcrackin 1 year ago
This speech is cute.
ninjaboj 2 years ago
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........you're an unintelligent faggot right?
blatantlyambiguous 2 years ago
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He starts with Jews and Gentiles! He preaches the world to be tolerant but as a Jew he himself thinks that he is the chosen man of God and therefore superior to the rest of us! What he is really saying is: I am a Jew and am chosen by god and the rest of you (Gentiles) are just animals created in human shape to serve me! God also promised me your lands and farms and homes! Dont you like it? Go complain to God!
ZedYahood2 2 years ago
Did you saw the full movie or just saw this part?
Hurtex 2 years ago
Very scarry thgat so many commentators here seem to think this "speech" is meant to be taken literally and seriously as a call to action. Do you all not understand that the movie, and the speech in which it occurred was an ironic spoof of Hitler?
EmitFlestiKY 2 years ago
Yes, I do take this speech literally, seriously, and as a call to action. It does not matter what the movie was intended as, for the message in these words is what is truly important. Someday a leader will come who will guide humanity into a wondrous future of love and equality. I only hope I will live to see that day.
DreamLordGarsha 2 years ago 2
The leader you are looking for will come...we refer to him as Antichrist. He will seemingly have all the answers, but as Chaplin said, he LIES! After him, Jesus Christ will reign...then there WILL be peace.
pennylaneproductions 2 years ago
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Fuck you. You and all the people who believe as you do. Those ideas are as foolish as fascism, as evil as fascism.
Hempeater 2 years ago
its a moive plese chill its not hitler its charly chaplen
BranscomeINC 2 years ago
I think the speech *is* to be taken literally, EmitFlestiKY - the plot of the film involves a Prince-and-Pauper style case of mistaken identity, and so the character giving the speech is in fact a victim of the regime whose leader he resembles.
digsy1917 2 years ago 18
@digsy1917 the speech is literal and directed at the viewing audience/world also if you like chaplin read his autobiography
wyzee23 1 year ago
@digsy1917
The speech has no literal meaning. Read "Tyranny of Words" and then come back and rewatch this video. You'll be amazed of how empty and disappointing it is going to sound to you after reading this book.
aikenbcd 8 months ago
@aikenbcd
"Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. We think too much. And feel too little."
We may define abstracts differently, but that does not mean that they cease to exist. Freedom may be an abstract but you would still miss it in it's absence. You shouldn't judge how he would look upon the speech after reading the book, because you cannot know. That said, the speech is perfectly fine to me.
AkimboJoe 8 months ago
@AkimboJoe:
Freedom can mean everything from putting you in a concentration camp to free up space for those "worthy" of it to taking away your posessions and splitting them evenly among people. Freedom basically translates to: "A state of affairs that I am in comfort with". Wherever you can complain about a lack of freedom it is because someone else's freedom is getting in your way. In every society there are always going to be people that are losers and don't feel free at all.
aikenbcd 8 months ago
I believe that too, but imagine how different the world would be if this had happened...
orangepuffafish 2 years ago
This 7 minutes will go down as one of the most important and significant passages in the history of filmmaking, no matter how long that history is! My heart fills with hope and my eyes with tears every time I hear it!
mistersister44 3 years ago 5
i love this
midnightaria 3 years ago
Perfect. Absolutely perfect.
Superman4ever 3 years ago
but he killed 9 million innocent people,despite if anything, he was a part of the nwo. heres a quote from hitler "communism is a jewish conspiracy", heres a line from the protocols of zion "communism is a jewish conspiracy" coincidence? i think chapman was showing us how a passionate speaker using these words can manipulate anyone into a dictatorship.
friedonions 3 years ago
PEOPLE PEOPLE now go and see HITLER as channeled by winged of Desteni productions. you will start to understand very much and why he was potty. Mostly cos he could see what the NWO were and are still up to. 15 vids listen and please try to hear
333ree 3 years ago
Wow. That all I can say about this.
Leathal752 3 years ago
Both this film and "The Mortal Storm," starring Jimmy Stewart and also released in
'40, showed people "why we should fight(as in Capra's short film)."
Hopefully, you mean Jewish barber or you encouraged that reply 7 posts back.
fgldnglbs 3 years ago
After that speech the USA trowed him out of the country! I dont think I ever have heard a greater speech!
tazmhs 3 years ago 21
@tazmhs We need to learn from this, because this is what's partially wrong with our country. America is doomed if they don't change soon
ToWYoMama 1 year ago
this speech is truly beautifull, its such a shame that 60 years this vision of life still hasnt come into fruision..makes you wonder if it ever will
xalreetflowerx 3 years ago 6
One of the best speeches in cinema !
People : don't forget what Chaplin says here, this speech is still relevant today !
caroo83 3 years ago 29
ilove this speech. i watch every day when i come online. however, i have quistion. where do we draw the line between dictatorship and democracy? keep in your head Hammas in palastine was elected democtatic election and after all they terrorists?
somalixoogsato 3 years ago 5
Don't think this speech is about democracy specifically. It's about peace, freedom, liberty and humanity. In answer to your question I think you are mixing democracy and its drawbacks with dictatorship. Democracy has its own flaws. You mentioned Hamas but I'd say what about G.W. Bush? It's still democracy but people made a mistake. So did Palestinians.
DarxideWarrior 3 years ago 6
@DarxideWarrior
The Palestinians are much like Germany 1918. The people are being contained and restricted by Israel. When people are pushed into a corner they usually turn to the loudest person in the room and unfortunately that person is not always the best.
krispyjc 1 year ago
@DarxideWarrior Don't forgot that Bush was never really elected, but selected.
forestmanforest 1 year ago
@somalixoogsato why do you call Hammas terrorists? ... to the palestinians they are not terrorists. They are fighting for them. They are exrtemists. If not for Israels illegal siege on them they would not have the power they have now, they pull amongst the people. Democracy is flawed because people are flawed.
mcandfriends 1 year ago
@somalixoogsato Hamas are not terrorists, they're fighting the occupiers, the people who occupy Palestine are terrorists and the people who call Hamas "terrorists" & support the occupiers are terrorists.
Hesam0000 1 year ago
@Hesam0000
this is unfair. the Israeli's have foregone their spirituality and their love, and after everything the Zionists went through not only in Europe, but throughout the world in the last 2000 years, I forgive their trespass. they must be willing to compromise, and I know that the extreme Orthodoxy of Israel prevents that-- but so does the extreme religious of Arabs in Palestine.
lets not forget that both parties have equal claim to the land.
bobmcrackin 1 year ago
@bobmcrackin O, pleaseeee, you forgive their trespass?! last 2000 years?! You forgive because it's not your home getting invaded, it's not your child getting shot. How can they pour 7.2 million people into a land where in 1890 only 30,000 jews lived in? Don't believe that "Exile" BS for a minute. First of all what happened 2000 years ago has nothing to do with today or else Persians now owned from india to Greece! Secondly, local jews freely lived in Palestine because they owned their land.
Hesam0000 1 year ago
@bobmcrackin I wouldn't call it "Equal claims" because in the last 1000 years there has always been about 8 to 1 Arab to jew ratio, in 1890 there were 30,000 jews & 250,000 Arabs lived in Palestine & under British occupation no one was against jews living there if they wanted to but they didn't want to leave their nice homes in Europe. Even at equal division there should be equal access to the sea, to the holly sites, to Qods/jerusalem & recognition of democratically elected regime of Palestine.
Hesam0000 1 year ago
@Hesam0000
my friend, I agree with you. Israel has stepped out of bounds, certainly. For example, the Golan Heights should be given back to Syria-- to occupy it there is warrant, but there is none to annex it.
but listen, the Jews were Canaanites too. the jewish empires and the culture generated thrived strong long before Islam even existed. you are right about calling historical claim, we live in a world very different from that ancient one, but Jews have just as much right to be there
bobmcrackin 1 year ago
@bobmcrackin It's lot more than Golan Heights.If ownership rights of 2000-3000 years ago (Canaan) had any value today then my old country Iran could've now claimed ownership to about 15-20 countries from tajikestan,to India, to Egypt, to Israel to southern Europe,so that's a void claim.A "jewish empire" never existed until today. At 1 time jewish rulers controlled some of that barren desert of Amman & Jordan. As far as "the right to be there" no one ever denied that, but not this way.
Hesam0000 1 year ago
@somalixoogsato This speach was cencured. The key message was cut out. North American democratie has nothing to do with democratie. I urge you to visit Wikipedia and to look up information regarding the french civil war. Liberte, fraternite et equalite. After WWII the German people insisted on not having any knowledge of the concentration camps (wir haben dass nicht gewusst) whereas this is recorded in 1940 (!) which indicates that Chaplin did have knowledge of the fact indeed.
brioun1 1 year ago
@brioun1 You nitwit. Do some reserach of youir own, perhaps the bit were Chaplin stated that if he didn't think he'd have been able to make the film had he known of the true extent of the Nazis horrific crimes.
magus727 1 year ago
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@brioun1 You nitwit. Do some research of your own, perhaps the moment when Chaplin said that he didn't know if he'd have been able to make the film had he known the true extent of the Nazis horrific crimes.
magus727 1 year ago
@somalixoogsato One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter
judgedredd123 1 year ago
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It is a logical and good reasoned speech.
It sounds and it is so beautiful only because
today we only here the twisted and awful voice
of evil Zionists who have encircled corrupted
and poisoned everything on their path.
It is about time we humans wake up and stop supporting and dying for this alien criminals.
I hope that Chaplin was sincere in his this speech, in that case I applaud and respect him
cupani10 3 years ago
cupani, you're an idiot. In one breath, you cheer this speech and jump straight into a diatribe in which you betray every word of it.
You have learned nothing from these words - how anyone can have such a mental disconnect is beyond my ability to comprehend.
nightflyer28 3 years ago 4
woaow this is the uncut speech. ni the us versino of the movie until final of the 60s the speech part where he speaks about the soldiers were cut off.. :-) cool...
tinotrivino 3 years ago
The earth is getting poorer and simply cannot provide for everyone, much longer anyway.
Agonar81 3 years ago
The earth is rich in abundance. The only poverty is in the hearts and minds of humans who will not see it!
mistersister44 3 years ago 3
this is one of the greatest speeches ever made
sabrinacle 3 years ago 6
all these people with thumbs down are still unconcious and really need to "wake up" to whats going on in the world i thought this speech was amazing givess us hope for a better future.
humanoflife 3 years ago 6
this is a very good speech you right
zuma84 3 years ago
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A bit too corny for my taste..
His intentions, although perfectly valid, are presented too obviously and unsubtly.
sommersonnenwenden 3 years ago
dude, when you write a speech addressing a nation, you really should be obvious. but he's being subtle in a pretty damn good way. he doesn't just go out, say "have hope for a better day" and leave, but he flat-out tells them the potential of earth and humanity itself, and gives hope.
Vinco 3 years ago 3
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God Bless The Jews. Screw All That Want To Kill For No Reason. You Know The Muslims!
GillyRapid 3 years ago
ummm, the Muslims? hmmm I thought this was more directed towards Bush and the Illuminati and those in favor of what they are doing...silly me
But still I stand unchanged. Muslims are not behind what is going on...wake up and smell the coffee burning.
Maralyssa 3 years ago
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pri32us 3 years ago
Your supporting the other side of the same coin! Don't you get it yet?
mistersister44 3 years ago
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All jewry must be destroyed.
supniggas453 3 years ago
Said Pharoh. Happy Passover!
captbobalou 3 years ago
No, only your attitude!
mistersister44 3 years ago
This speech always chokes me up.
incekt 3 years ago 4
I really loved it =).
COTINEN 3 years ago 3
great speech. shame itll never happen
JK666AB 3 years ago
It is like what is happening in our time. We have far too much hatred and far too little love and goodness.
LordShadrach 4 years ago 5
your so right, i try to keep love in my heart insted of hate.
unconditionalluv 3 years ago 4
let his words guide us to the future..
regordravgis 4 years ago 3
Truly a great speech. He should have been prime minister of England after Churchill. Chaplin was not just a great comedian, but he was also a great and intelligent man. A true legend!
crackerass01 4 years ago 4
Great speech. Top marks for posting. Check out my MTV generation version on my channel.
def44 4 years ago
Thanks for having the entire speech. Most cutoff just before he says "Hannah." And I doubt the individual below will read this ever, but this was solely of Chaplin's creation. He was not under anyone's control. He did spread propoganda. If publicly expressing distaste for the way one man runs a country is propoganda, then we are both guilty of it. We all are.
spectreofathens 4 years ago 2
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jewish hollywood propaganda against an ingenious man
ErnstWurche 4 years ago
One of the best speech ever!
danielbecman 4 years ago 7