This is a clip from one of the greatest movies of all time: The Third Man (1949) where Harry Lime remarks about the aftermath of chaos and the aftermath of peace. Kudos to youku.com for the entire movie!
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_cc00XMTI5MDc2MTI=.html
Full transcript:(audio not so hot)
Lime: Remember that, wont you. Don't be so gloomy. After all, it's not that awful. Remember what the fella says,
"in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock! So long Holly.
ElManzanador 4 years ago