The Greatest Speech Never Given

Charlie Chaplin, the greatest silent film star in history, gives one of the greatest speeches never actually given. In this, the final scene from "The Great Dictator", the crowd expects a distinctly Hitler-esque ruler to give a rousing speech about the power of the dictatorship he held. What follows is one of the most inspiring, moving, and important speeches any human being will ever hear.

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• Charlie Chaplin
• The Great Dicator
• Gaian
• speech
• inspiration

[Smischmal]

So wait, who had the mustache first? Should it be rightly called a Chaplin Mustache or a Hitler Mustache?

[Metzae]

@Smischmal Hitler was famous for his mustache long before this film was made. It was made in 1940. We hadn't entered the war yet, but Europe was already embroiled in large scale war. Chaplin saw Hitler's cartoonish rise to power long before Americans fired a single shot.

[omahasamman]

great speech to bad hes Hitler

[Metzae]

@omahasamman The whole point of the movie is to make fun of people like Hitler. What's sad is that the real Hitler didn't think like this.

[alphapinguin]

sad that chaplin will never be remembered for this speech - only for the funny parts he played :(

[ltr94]

@Steve32867 No I meant sick as in the synonym to awesome. I really, really like this speech, and I think that everyone should listen to this speech.

[Steve32867]

@ltr94 so why would you think this speech is sick?

[Steve32867]

Really excellent. If only Chaplin was dictator....

[rajviji121]

see it and hear it to believe it.

[79monu]

Humanity does prevail, must prevail, will prevail. Charles knew that world has turned into an arena for few greedy who want us hate each other. And thus we must all UNITE.............