Don’t Break The Yellow Tape

(Charlie Chaplin)

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
In this world there's 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 souls, has barricaded 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 will be violent and all will be lost
The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together
The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in man, 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
To those who can hear me I say, "Do not despair."
The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed