Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator

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  • @thegroove14
    @thegroove14 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33414

    Still relevant today as it was back in the the 1940s. Humanity never learns.

    • @korsekil
      @korsekil 8 ปีที่แล้ว +374

      +Garrick Groover It does, but forgets. And as powerful as liberty and democracy is, so too are dictators and the brutes of his speech, brutes that learn as much as the rest of us do. And as these brutes must die, so too must their opposition someday, so the people that have seen and fought their terror are not present to fight the next batch of brutes and machine men.

    • @chunkyduncan711
      @chunkyduncan711 8 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      "There was a silly damn bird called a phoenix back before Christ, every few hundred years he built a pyre and burnt himself up. He must have been the first cousin to Man. But every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes, he got himself born all over again. And it looks like we're doing the same thing, over and over, but we've got one damn thing the phoenix never had. We know the damn silly thing we just did. We know all the damn silly things we've done for a thousand years and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it, someday we'll stop making the goddamn funeral pyres and jumping in the middle of them. We pick up a few more people that remember every generation."

    • @oh_rhythm
      @oh_rhythm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      nope. no matter how strong of a hold you think you have on history, knowledge will never path the road for human progress without awareness.
      to have knowledge is one thing; it's all around us each second we live. but to be aware of it, ha, now that's a fit

    • @theAngryscotman
      @theAngryscotman 8 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      It's a never ending struggle. Their will always be cruelty and greed in the world but that doesn't mean we can't keep on fighting it.

    • @SjoerdSoundz
      @SjoerdSoundz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      We lost the way...

  • @towlie1600
    @towlie1600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20275

    When he is silent everyone is laughing. When he talks everyone is silent. Great man great speech

    • @Originaluser777
      @Originaluser777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      👍❤️

    • @jmgfx4161
      @jmgfx4161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Poetic justice.

    • @jozachy12
      @jozachy12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      Best comment on TH-cam

    • @ServantOfChrist1483
      @ServantOfChrist1483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Wiser words have never been spoken

    • @hb7202
      @hb7202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Wise words

  • @herpydepth1204
    @herpydepth1204 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16756

    Ironic how a silent film actor made the greatest movie speech of all time that is relevant even to today

    • @georgedoolittle7574
      @georgedoolittle7574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +195

      just as "funny" as being blacklisted for saying this and then making sure to be burried in London and not the USSA.
      "in the name of progress and humanity kill everyliving thing on Earth then even the idea of life itself as nothing is superior to a human as we humans simply take for granted as life and living itself..

    • @karlsmith2570
      @karlsmith2570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Especially in a movie that was very harshly hated by moviegoers who saw this movie when it was originally released primarily citing Chaplin's character bearing a resemblance to Adolf Hitler

    • @user-zg5ey5xo9i
      @user-zg5ey5xo9i 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@georgedoolittle7574 Chaplin wasn't buried in London.

    • @GreenDragon1234
      @GreenDragon1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Karl Smith Wasnt that the point? To make fun of Hitler

    • @oliverbooth2872
      @oliverbooth2872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@georgedoolittle7574 you do realise he was British right?

  • @save15ormoreonyourcarinsur98
    @save15ormoreonyourcarinsur98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8507

    He said "dictators die" with so much passion in his voice

    • @anthonyharburn1103
      @anthonyharburn1103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      I think it is time to share this video far and wide... I have already shared this a few years back, but I think its time to let it loose again

  • @EliasWolf77
    @EliasWolf77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7220

    Fun fact Charlie Chaplin hated the idea of movies having sound he feared people hearing his voice yet he ended up creating the best on screen monologue! A true legend, Charlie Chaplin was far beyond his times.

  • @KayoMichiels
    @KayoMichiels 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6184

    "He didn't always speek, but when he did.. he made the greatest speech of all time.."

    • @socks9254
      @socks9254 7 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      it's kind of funny because you spelled speak wrong.

    • @darkdragonsoul99
      @darkdragonsoul99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      and it more or less destroyed his movie career odd that

    • @PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi
      @PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      "SPEEK"

    • @ManifestingDaily1111
      @ManifestingDaily1111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MK3424 he Is Aries Natural Leaders💘👁✅

    • @salpetrarca
      @salpetrarca 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      He is, the most interesting mime in the world.

  • @scaper8
    @scaper8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2121

    When the man famous for never speaking finally did, he had something to say.

    • @jasonmacdonald6571
      @jasonmacdonald6571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Wise men speak when they have something to say, Fools Speak when they have to say something... Charlie was no fool

    • @simoncatlow8043
      @simoncatlow8043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      When a comment absolutely nails it. 👏

  • @theserious-ly476
    @theserious-ly476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8729

    This is the most beautiful speech I've ever heard in my life.

  • @CFSworks
    @CFSworks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4657

    It's sad that we so often dismiss this kind of idealism as naive and unrealistic. Nothing he's said is unrealistic - our desire to build each other up really is more fundamental than all of the hatred and greed. If we could only learn to unite and trust one another, we'd have a bond stronger than any natural disaster, than any adversary, could overcome. Come on - we could turn Star Trek into a documentary, people!

    • @tonymp
      @tonymp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      Social media was just one big mistake in my opinion. It connected us to everyone at once and also further removed us from actual humanity.

    • @danimartinez5734
      @danimartinez5734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      I was also thinking about Star Trek. But remember that in Star Trek civilizations didn’t make warp technology until the necessity had arrived. Much like a procrastinator the final night of his potential freedom. The civilizations destroyed themselves to see and understand how far they had strayed from who they are. Vulcan nearly annihilated themselves. Unfortunately I see no situation in which earth unites without a Great War or situation of strife.

  • @hrvojebrzica3396
    @hrvojebrzica3396 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5637

    Greatest silent film actor gave the greatest speach

    • @calebshmanderson
      @calebshmanderson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      The Irony. It's beautiful

    • @AngryNathanBoy
      @AngryNathanBoy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      *speech

    • @mudkipper1
      @mudkipper1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Fun Fact. Charlie Chaplins grandaughter played Robb Starks wife in Game of thrones

    • @pranavganesh3066
      @pranavganesh3066 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ikr

    • @nicbacchus9721
      @nicbacchus9721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah he fucking did. He did it without fear.

  • @MrWhatdafuBOOM
    @MrWhatdafuBOOM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12971

    When a comedian in the 1940's is more progressive than modern day politicians.

    • @diobrando1131
      @diobrando1131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +243

      He was anarchist maybe that’s why

    • @fredfredrickson5436
      @fredfredrickson5436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +551

      @@diobrando1131 He was a communist. He left the US on a visit back to England and was denied re-entry. Freedom didn't extend very far in The Land of the Free even back then.

    • @nickd.9955
      @nickd.9955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +912

      @@fredfredrickson5436 Charlie Chaplin definitely wasn't a communist, although that didn't stop him from being targeted during the Red Scare (just like virtually every single other progressive-minded person at the time).

    • @AvNotasian
      @AvNotasian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@fredfredrickson5436 "Freedom didn't extend very far" The policies introduced to counter soviet subversion were successful and ensured your freedom today. Allowing freedom to those who seek to undermine the foundations of a free society is a foolish move, characterising moves to preserve freedom as anti freedom because of the impact on bad actors is ridiculous.

    • @andrewforte2018
      @andrewforte2018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +342

      @@nickd.9955 He definitely was a socialist. Everybody defines communism differently though. :)

  • @spudman1734
    @spudman1734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4305

    I've never seen this film, but I saw a video essay talking about how necessary this film was, especially when the iron was still hot from WWII. The world needed to laugh at the Nazis to be able to move past them and be better. So I was not expecting this speech, to say the least. The thing I find incredible about this speech the most is how he actually takes Hitler's delivery and rhetoric and turns it on its head to have such a positive spin. He literally follows the same tone of speaking. Starting low, calm, and conversational, staying very personal, but when addressing the people and the troops, he raises his tone and passionately yells, moving his whole body. It's genuinely awe insirping how in this speech Charlie Chaplin essentially faced the most destructive and hateful man known on earth at the time and laughed in his face. And when he was through, he told the world not to be afraid and to hope. I have so much respect for Charlie Chaplin after listening to this speech. Absolutely incredible.

  • @SurajSinghYT
    @SurajSinghYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2605

    IRONICAL
    we listen to comedians
    and laugh on politicians

  • @michaelojeda8338
    @michaelojeda8338 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2226

    "Machinery that was designed to give us plenty now leaves us in want." Those words alone speak for the 21st century

    • @karlsmith2570
      @karlsmith2570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Without a doubt, they most definitely do

    • @ddmmrr103
      @ddmmrr103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      we just have to learn to balance it out, because yeah it surely makes life easier, and there is nothing wrong with that, but people can get really obsessed with it, so just show them that there is much more to life, by living your at its peak, and they'll understand..
      Otherwise it would be just a monochromatic rush of competition and survival within a forced system that the majority thinks that its like that and that it can't change, and that's not life to me.. and I feel like that's a way to go about life where no one gets really to live lol.
      Maybe when everything will be automated then we'll have nothing better to do but to face ourselves and each other and be honest and appreciate each other..

    • @hellomate639
      @hellomate639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@ddmmrr103 I want to not have my data used to profit off of me without my consent, or if I do, I want a share of that profit.

    • @Slaraffus2750
      @Slaraffus2750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@hellomate639 Except that by blindly clicking "I consent", or "I agree", to terms of service, wherever they may be, especially Google, Facebook, Twitters' etc. services, you consent to your data being used that way.
      You and me both.
      And anyone else using this bloody platform.
      And why, Barbara, do you have to make this about Trump, somehow? Can we go five minutes without someone needlessly bringing him up, on the internet? No?
      Most politicians are the same, it's just how they mince their words that are different.
      Scumbags the lot of them.

    • @coleplastaras2712
      @coleplastaras2712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      “Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hand and unkind”

  • @Titoichi1986
    @Titoichi1986 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3821

    76 years later
    We still need this speech and that makes me really, really sad

    • @MrMobiusfan
      @MrMobiusfan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Just as tyrants die, so do liberators. Humanity is not a noun, it is a verb, much like struggle.

    • @leontyou6777
      @leontyou6777 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I think we need this speech even more nowadays.

    • @madpenguin9402
      @madpenguin9402 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      jesus wept......
      lmao

    • @xx_zaki8347
      @xx_zaki8347 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Indeed,Your right it's so true, the world is filled with hatred...

    • @tommythegunn1020
      @tommythegunn1020 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      TitoRag I am asking everyone to share this video on social media. At this point in politics and instability of the world we the people, Congress and Senate need to hear this. Share share share if it goes viral we may be able to make a little difference....thanks !

  • @weirdsalt1775
    @weirdsalt1775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1582

    No matter how many times I listen to this, it's always as powerful as the first time. It gives me chills. It gives me hope through my depression.

  • @FoxSullivan
    @FoxSullivan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4232

    Growing up, my dad had a wooden framed print of this speech, plus a picture of Chaplin from another one of his movies. I remember reading this every day I was at home, and as I grew older, the more and more I understood his speech.
    I think this is something everyone, at any point of their lives, should listen to at least once. This speech was, is, and will always be on point.
    YOU ARE NOT MACHINES
    YOU ARE NOT CATTLE
    YOU'RE MEN.

    • @michaelcrouch8783
      @michaelcrouch8783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Isn't it awesome that the speach is still inspiring people!

  • @reallycoolman4990
    @reallycoolman4990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1182

    The ending of the film was meant to be funny, but the second he found out France had surrendered , he scrapped the ending at made this exact speech from the middle of nowhere

    • @RogerCillion
      @RogerCillion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Ironic then that France occupied lots of countries in Africa and Asia... as it seems so sad that France got occupied. Ironic also that France happily developed and tested a lot of nuclear weapons... a wolf in sheep clothing, as US and UK have been for decades. Not to mention Nagasaki and Hiroshima... the "free world" is quite the opposite then what you think.
      Well today, the "free world" is occupied by debt and bankers. Slaves... who hardly can afford a home with a high technical job. Iron curtain is real.

    • @user-lv7ph7hs7l
      @user-lv7ph7hs7l 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@RogerCillion We tested like 60 bombs. The US and Russia tested over a thousand each.

  • @joshuathomas2012
    @joshuathomas2012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1779

    A leader isn't a person who makes people feel powerless. A leader is a person who is capable of understanding the potential and abilities of his members/people. He brings the best out of them and inspires the people to bring the best. This in turn benefits the entire team/nation. No one is segregated or separated from this system. A true leader unites people not divide them.

    • @flaminggarbage8241
      @flaminggarbage8241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Charlie Chaplin was an anarchist, he did not want leaders lol

  • @dakotabless4800
    @dakotabless4800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    "We think too much and feel too little"
    Man, i like that quote

    • @JD-jc8gp
      @JD-jc8gp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think Nixon plagiarized it.

  • @jamlym4974
    @jamlym4974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +726

    I really feel like this came from his heart.

    • @woodrobin
      @woodrobin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      It did. He wrote and acted this scene, and produced and directed this movie. It's 100% Chaplin all the way through.

  • @Archive41024
    @Archive41024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4039

    Finally, found a version without the overbearing annoying music

    • @tamneal
      @tamneal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      Agreed Matthew. The version with the Hans Zimmer music is truly appalling! The speech is pure music anyway...

    • @LuxFerre4242
      @LuxFerre4242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Pasting Zimmer's track over this adds nothing. You could try Akira the Don's track though. He uses the music as a vehicle for the words, keeping the speech as the focus.

    • @boretrajanoski8758
      @boretrajanoski8758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Watch the movie, the greatest movie ever, great dictator.

  • @derrickallen1327
    @derrickallen1327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +996

    Charlie Chaplin was way ahead of his time. This basic speech of simple human kindness toward one another is still relevant in the 21st. Century.

  • @abhiramviswanathan4773
    @abhiramviswanathan4773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +417

    My old man showed me this movie and I became addicted to this speech.

    • @TerpsNtacos
      @TerpsNtacos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Your old man is a good man

  • @NeoSaturos123
    @NeoSaturos123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    The most interesting part here has to be how Chaplin's character goes over the course of 3 minutes goes from speaking in a quiet, calm, dejected manner manner to making a fervent, impassioned Hitler-style speech, but one about unity, freedom and tolerance, not chauvinism and aggression.

    • @leonfa259
      @leonfa259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      All speak about unity, freedom, tolerance and hitler started his speaches very slow too. As Chaplin said all promise similar things, the actions make the difference.

    • @scottishjedi1522
      @scottishjedi1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Interestingly here he is using Hitler’s method all the way through- to start off small and quiet as so to force people to listen closely, then build up into a passionate fervour. But whereas Hitler used his speaking power to preach hatred, Chaplain here used his power to make an impassioned plea to fight against injustice.

  • @THEJOENATOR1
    @THEJOENATOR1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4865

    Who is watching this in 2020? We need this more than ever.

    • @GeolyteGM
      @GeolyteGM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I am. I really wish charlie chaplin was still alive to make this world a better and safer place.

    • @aidendels3502
      @aidendels3502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes we do!

    • @thomaskaznowski8846
      @thomaskaznowski8846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@GeolyteGM He is alive, in our memories and in our actions, if you want him to be.

    • @Stellar-Cowboy
      @Stellar-Cowboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      We need to give power to people who seem gentle and caring, people who want to make the world a better place for everyone, and not egocentric extravagant leaders such as Trump.

    • @jenniferreed2469
      @jenniferreed2469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      We should air this on tv

  • @dmitriyrozhdestvenskiy2826
    @dmitriyrozhdestvenskiy2826 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    Why do I always cry watching this speech? 😥

  • @cthulhuhoops
    @cthulhuhoops 2 ปีที่แล้ว +612

    this speech always makes me cry. it's so powerful, so genuine. he truly believed in what he said and that such a thing was possible.

  • @ricccliff3882
    @ricccliff3882 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1647

    Mr Chaplin was a very wise man.

    • @crithappenstfa7749
      @crithappenstfa7749 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      A dreamer.

    • @timbo2421
      @timbo2421 7 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      But, he's not the only one...

    • @Julienoubien
      @Julienoubien 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I hope some day they'll join us

    • @tommythegunn1020
      @tommythegunn1020 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Ricc Cliff I am asking everyone to share this video on social media. At this point in politics and instability of the world we the people, Congress and Senate need to hear this. Share share share if it goes viral we may be able to make a little difference....thanks !

    • @alinktoth389
      @alinktoth389 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      an extraordinary man, may he rest in peace

  • @LitRollie
    @LitRollie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +693

    Thank God for this version......🤗without the unnecessary music

  • @Siddhartha92
    @Siddhartha92 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    "You are not machines... you are men!"

  • @faffaf2114
    @faffaf2114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2688

    History repeats itself. This speech makes 100% sense in 2021

  • @dawncrystal9650
    @dawncrystal9650 6 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    it would make chaplin so proud to know that this speech lives in and continue to inspire

    • @coolhandluke1503
      @coolhandluke1503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I think he would be rolling in his grave if he knew 80 years on were being fucked even harder because we still haven't united to stand against tyranny

    • @hounddog1
      @hounddog1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@coolhandluke1503 even harder? That was on the verge of the most terrible war in the history of mankind, and you compare it to what we have today. A bit hypocrite, if you ask me.

    • @hershmergersh6733
      @hershmergersh6733 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hounddog1 Not necessarily. You would have thought the world would have learned a lesson after the most terrible war in history, and yet immediately following it the superpowers started mass manufacturing of world ending weaponry and came to the brink of total annihilation several times during the cold war and even now there are tensions surrounding racism, sexuality and the bodily rights of individuals. We haven't learned anything from history.

  • @El.mvnnnn
    @El.mvnnnn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2029

    "You don't hate! Only the unloved hate - The unloved and the unnatural!"
    -Charlie Chaplin
    I am going to remember that one.

  • @TheTommyak
    @TheTommyak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    I can tell this came from his heart and when he finished his speech he didn’t realize how good it felt to let all of this off his chest

  • @dakotaphillips9900
    @dakotaphillips9900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    The greatest speech of all-time.

  • @bananime4183
    @bananime4183 8 ปีที่แล้ว +700

    It's strange that one of the best speeches I've ever heard comes from a slapstick comedy

    • @christianebilicki5549
      @christianebilicki5549 8 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Chaplin'movies was more than slapstick comedy. there were always societal criticism. His caracter of the tramp can never resist to save the others from injustice . And lower classes saw themselves in him. but espacially his goggedness to survive and be happy. "Smile"! (sorry for my english)

    • @stephentaylor9900
      @stephentaylor9900 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Not really slapstick. It was silent cinema in an age when talkies already existed, Thsts not necessarily slapstick

    • @SanFranDentist94301
      @SanFranDentist94301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Physical Comedy is not the same as slapstick.

    • @Tunesnthings
      @Tunesnthings 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Comedic acting is probably the most difficult form of acting ever. Anyone can cry and act sad or angry, but it’s extremely difficult to be and act really funny.

    • @KavateJayesh
      @KavateJayesh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Slapstick comedy isn't really what he did. He's a pioneer in physical comedy

  • @domcobb3945
    @domcobb3945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2470

    I just want to bring up a quick detail that people tend to overlook with this scene. The look of desperation at the end, after he salutes the crowd, is not coincidental. His look of determination and morally righteous anger fades into one of hopelessness and disillusionment, as he lays his hand upon his head, as if to comfort himself from the shock of his sudden realization; the crowd cheers and chants in unison, as they had for the evil dictator he is mistaken for. The crowd is neither good nor evil, a force of great and powerful will, aimless and wanting of leadership. In that moment, he realizes - the struggle will never end. There will be no great victory, no lasting triumph of good over evil. Forever will we have to fight over the hearts of men, and he carries this realization as a heavy burden.

    • @jimmaddox2415
      @jimmaddox2415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Dom Cobb As long as some men and women are allowed to have ultimate power over the masses there will never be peace and true love in this world,only greed and hate and envy for what others have that some people want and will never have!

    • @esburnside
      @esburnside 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Do you realize he is taking you like Hitler and driving you to fight? Fight whome I ask. It starts with ideology and by the end you're ready to fight. Don't you get it?

    • @esburnside
      @esburnside 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You are a moron. This is satire.

    • @xCorvus7x
      @xCorvus7x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@esburnside
      Well, if Hitler and others co-opt this rhetoric, what are you going to do?
      I suggest to analyse who they accuse of being the problem.
      In the case of Hitler, it was the Jews and this doesn't check out.
      In the case of this barber, it was supposedly democratic governments driving their people into imperialist wars, and this seems accurate.

    • @GoBlueHTB
      @GoBlueHTB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Did you copy this directly from Reddit???

  • @takenbyevilz9254
    @takenbyevilz9254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    His voice is still reaching everyone around the world ❤️

  • @definitelyjustcj4148
    @definitelyjustcj4148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +666

    The world needs this speech more than ever

  • @capismama2922
    @capismama2922 5 ปีที่แล้ว +600

    If man cannot learn from history, he is doomed to repeat it.
    And so we are.

    • @andrewgarcia626
      @andrewgarcia626 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What you say is true

    • @theyaoi7808
      @theyaoi7808 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Your about a year too early

    • @lourdeswhitener9713
      @lourdeswhitener9713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ain’t that the truth

    • @fan9775
      @fan9775 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fuck that, let's go burn down the Smithsonian!

    • @captures_x_captures5618
      @captures_x_captures5618 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      History does not repeat itself it just rhymes awfully alot

  • @deltasworder1x
    @deltasworder1x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    "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 year is 2020. We need humanity, kindness and gentleness.

  • @fcbarca2848
    @fcbarca2848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Greatest film monologue ever?
    More than 8 decades ago, still incredibly relevant

  • @turjo7934
    @turjo7934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +780

    "We need to fight for liberty, not slavery!"...great words..!!!

  • @GarrenLazar
    @GarrenLazar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    This is without question the best speech in movie history, and the best speech overall!

  • @JoySynthesis
    @JoySynthesis 7 ปีที่แล้ว +583

    Imagine Chaplin seeing us today.

    • @Hamphield
      @Hamphield 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      crying of joy seeing the man is now leader of the free world...

    • @martianunlimited
      @martianunlimited 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      ​@@Hamphield
      Right..... Adenoid Hynkel....
      Remind me again what was his campaign based on again... and contrast that to the Barber's speech...
      Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance.
      The barber would have wondered what in the world happened to America ....

    • @rayanabuomar1113
      @rayanabuomar1113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      btw its Hitlers speech not charlie Chaplin's

    • @darcyrobens4681
      @darcyrobens4681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Hamphield He would dis like Trump. Trumps done nothing for poverty, health care, gun control and climate change. He's doomed the planet in more ways your simple mind could handle

    • @kirolloshalim5417
      @kirolloshalim5417 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeaaah about that...

  • @scottthomas4779
    @scottthomas4779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    I'm 37 years old and feel a certain amount of shame that I not only didn't know this speech but didn't even know about it. It should be mentioned in the same breath as some of the other great speeches in history...incredible

  • @wacopaco2099
    @wacopaco2099 2 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    Never in my life have I ever cried at a speech, but this put tears down my cheeks. I never thought someone giving a speech would ever move me to tears. I guess I was wrong. This is the most beautiful symphony of words I’ve heard in a long time. Because this is a man who truly believes what he’s saying and he truly cares and loves humanity. This is the first time I’ve ever heard this, but I will never forget it.

  • @irmakkurt8454
    @irmakkurt8454 7 ปีที่แล้ว +602

    He is talking straight to you and me, so take these word to the heart and do what he says

    • @kyotog777
      @kyotog777 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aynen ırmak seviselimmi

  • @CymonTempler
    @CymonTempler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

  • @anngray8224
    @anngray8224 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This message is relevant even today.
    Corruption in leadership due to greed is everywhere.

  • @keithshowell6688
    @keithshowell6688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I still believe Charlie Chaplin's powerful speech (satirically in Hilter costume) during the movie, "The Great Dictator" is the most powerful speech of the modern age and is as timely now as it was the day it was filmed; especially when you consider Chaplin was one of the silent picture era's most talented actors.

  • @cardinoo
    @cardinoo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1219

    Comedians, they act stupid and not serious, yet they say the most intelligent things.

    • @jamespatti6082
      @jamespatti6082 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      cardino yep.. see John Stewart

    • @TheSillyPepper
      @TheSillyPepper 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I saw some interview with a comic a long time ago, i forget who, but he was saying how comics are actually just observers of the world and their job is really to just tell the people the truth veiled in comedy. Its kinda why some of the most legendary comics become legendary because their bits are ingrained in a truth that most people can relate to. George Carlin, John Stewart, Fluffy, Dave Chapelle, etc.

    • @buck8266
      @buck8266 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheSillyPepper wow

    • @natesmodelsdoodles5403
      @natesmodelsdoodles5403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@TheSillyPepper y'know, this has been true for a VERY long time. the Fools and Jesters of medieval Europe knew more about what was going on in the kingdom than anyone else, and they were also the only ones who could get away with saying anything.

    • @primotef8863
      @primotef8863 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now have a look at people who act serious and intelligent, are they not stupid?

  • @turtles3808
    @turtles3808 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I has been laughing my ass off for the entire movie, then this part came and I was just speechless.

  • @LukaRyuu
    @LukaRyuu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1881

    Since the start of the war in Ukraine, this speech has been on my mind, and so I had to find and watch it again.
    I'm not sure how to feel about how relevant it still is.

  • @jamomathews9890
    @jamomathews9890 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Powerful speech for today's world. When the power of love overcomes the love of power then we shall have peace 🕊️

  • @angelusnielson7135
    @angelusnielson7135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    funny man made me cry.

  • @val-uble3365
    @val-uble3365 7 ปีที่แล้ว +747

    If we all thought like this how great the world would become.

    • @pragmatic1ultramagnetic202
      @pragmatic1ultramagnetic202 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It would be the best. We can all do it too. Just by being kindhearted to each other.

    • @isla9973
      @isla9973 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Exactly!

    • @theploughmanslunch
      @theploughmanslunch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      We still can. Brutes still lie. But greed can still pass, along with the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. And liberty will still never perish.

    • @Jim-so3zm
      @Jim-so3zm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      theploughmanslunch We can't dude. It's human nature to crave power and try and get ahead in life regardless of the cost. Sad but true.

    • @graysonbaker1744
      @graysonbaker1744 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Heisenberg- That's bullcrap and you know it. It is human nature to survive, not to obtain power. We want to live, not rule over people, but there are those that think power is safety, power is survival, when it's not. Yes, it may be human nature to want things, but want and greed are two entirely different things. it is not natural to claim everything as yours or take when you need not. when two deer graze in the woods, they do no fight over all the grass, but only fight over it when the grass is sparse. Greed is the unnatural thing here, not rising above it. the native americans did not fight within their tribes over food. No, it was shared with the entire tribe, even the tribal screw up. Greed was developed, not inherited. What is it we teach our children when they are young? Share with others, unless times have changed so drastically since I was young. So to counter your point, Yes we can overcome greed, intolerance and hatred, and the fight to do so starts with people like you, like me, like millions of other people across the world. It starts with abstaining from what we do not need, so that others that starve themselves to sleep may go to bed with full stomachs. it starts with a single act of kindness. Don't be the pessimist that gives up before the task has started, be the optimist that tries his best to make the world better with the simple acts that they do every day. For it is those people who affect the world for the better, rather than keep it in proverbial squalor.

  • @rajeevdubey3552
    @rajeevdubey3552 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Heart touching 💜

  • @2geekygamers
    @2geekygamers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I have only just found this speech, and it is one that I will remember and live by for the rest of my life. *"You do not hate! Only the unloved hate!"*

  • @zachyt4643
    @zachyt4643 7 ปีที่แล้ว +484

    75 years later...

    • @jencgold
      @jencgold 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ZachYT after losing everything ❤️

  • @jord_2wYT
    @jord_2wYT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    "we want to live by each others happiness not by each others misery" - of all the ageless quotes in this speech this has to be the most incredible. Love to all.

  • @IsisMusic
    @IsisMusic 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    what a speech. Crying

  • @kavemen1
    @kavemen1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Notice how Chaplin doesn''t blink from 2:09 till the end of the speech. Captivates me every time and really speaks directly to me because of that focus and attention.

  • @alexmelillo1247
    @alexmelillo1247 7 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Somehow we think that the responsibility to create a better world only lies within the reach of others. We all have a key part to play. This speech is a great reminder of that.

    • @cravinbob
      @cravinbob 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I will copy/paste what I wrote for another:Start practicing the Golden Rule. It is the basic law for most all
      religions, and all the rest is just commentary (as the Jewish religion
      says)

    • @skullsaintdead
      @skullsaintdead 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Golden Rule is human - it's nothing to do with religion. I'm an Atheist, yet I use the Golden Rule, I treat others as I'd like to be treated. It's a basic principal of humanity and evolution, religion has no monopoly over it.

  • @yeshey5443
    @yeshey5443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    "The ones who speak less are those who have more to say"

    • @danielmoorefield4891
      @danielmoorefield4891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Facts.
      Raises hand.

    • @Pistonhammer
      @Pistonhammer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bone Chillingly true , i have to agree with you there bro

    • @drewyetti
      @drewyetti 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like the silent majority.

    • @vegito2000
      @vegito2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That cannot be more true than with Charles Chaplin

  • @dianafrew
    @dianafrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Brilliant, so apt for today. Chaplin, the silent clown, who came from poverty to fame and wealth, when he finally spoke, speaks a wisdom for all time. This is the best speech I have ever heard.

  • @danahodgson7478
    @danahodgson7478 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    We need this today, and everyday.

  • @davidmilroy8666
    @davidmilroy8666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    more than anything ever filmed, this should be universal required viewing

    • @MatGTAM
      @MatGTAM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Beautiful sermon

  • @Gregsplays
    @Gregsplays 7 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    can we just have this shown of every screen around the world, just once, just to raise awareness of this

    • @thecursed01
      @thecursed01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      will offend those who think democracy is a form of western terrorism and the sjw whoe think offending someone is a worse crime than killing someone

    • @ArkaeaFCL3
      @ArkaeaFCL3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      thecursed01 who cares if they are offended??

    • @zackx8005
      @zackx8005 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@thecursed01 greed has poisoned your soul

    • @alimohammad6227
      @alimohammad6227 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      One day it will

  • @jasonmungalahbarah7052
    @jasonmungalahbarah7052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Such an iconic speech by the GREAT CHARLIE CHAPLIN

  • @joshuahorton2655
    @joshuahorton2655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I know I’m going to come off as a hipster, but I’ve been pushing this film (especially this scene) on people for decades now. It’s so perfect. Was Chaplin a perfect person, no (but no one ever is, me included). His message and his work will always stand the test of time.

  • @sammief1305
    @sammief1305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    This should never be forgotten

  • @toga941
    @toga941 6 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Notice that he is looking straight into the camera

  • @waterbottles393
    @waterbottles393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "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."
    It's a testament to Chaplin's wisdom that this is just as relevant now. Messages like these are sorely needed in the current political climate.

  • @mariamartini1338
    @mariamartini1338 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    80 years from its release, this speech could not be more relevant.

  • @checca
    @checca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I realised this movie was made before WW2 and when I reached the speech it made me extremely emotional. He was warning the world of what was about to happen and that, sadly, finally did happen. His face right after "let us all unite" (3'22") shows the real pain of a wise man who knew unity was not going to take place
    .

  • @Sehvyn-ev1pj
    @Sehvyn-ev1pj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1601

    Im gonna be honest internet. Im terrified of what the next days will bring..

    • @alwaystiredboy
      @alwaystiredboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      7 shit gets scarier every day ☹️

    • @radaldk
      @radaldk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It feels like it's kind of a taboo. A lot of things can happen, and I hope this will remind us just exactly how fragile we are, and I hope we can unite as people, instead of judging by such petty features as we do now.
      I'm not saying that you and I judge like that, but there sure are a lot of people out there, preoccupied by other people's affairs.
      Edit: typo

    • @djbred18
      @djbred18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      That’s how the media wants you to feel.

    • @KevinLopez-ue5wk
      @KevinLopez-ue5wk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@djbred18 while that is true, 2020 has proven to be a year full of surprises. Quite the fucking way to start off a decade...

    • @kameronlavender1478
      @kameronlavender1478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@djbred18 We got a bingo

  • @vzeller
    @vzeller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    If you needed anything to prove that we haven't emotionally evolved at all in hundreds of years, listen to Charlie Chaplin. That monologue has been accurate for all of civilization. We have advanced technologically, that's it. We've remained in stagnation or regressed in all other areas.

  • @breezzyybree4036
    @breezzyybree4036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    My teacher had my class watch this short film in the 7th grade.. I still remember this to this day, and being older, it’s crazy how much more you understand. How much more things like this make sense. I had an idea what he was saying back then. But while it still moved me, I had no idea how much truth he was speaking until I got older and was able to see society for myself. This man speaks power. I love it.

  • @KevinAndrewRea
    @KevinAndrewRea 8 ปีที่แล้ว +715

    thank you for the upload without hans zimmer's "time" attached lol
    although I must say, that song plays shockingly well with this scene.

    • @ShadeOnTheUtube
      @ShadeOnTheUtube 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      +xfactor541 It does. But everyone who does it forget to make sure its just a backtrack, and not an overlain theme that deafens out the original audio.

    • @rubenskiii
      @rubenskiii 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      +xfactor541 Yeah i know what u mean, it's cool but when u want to see the original vid it starts to ge annoying...

    • @illiminatieoverlordgurglek140
      @illiminatieoverlordgurglek140 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      It doesn't. It ruins the original flow and brilliant use of silence that makes this speech so powerful.

    • @solanumlycopersicum5594
      @solanumlycopersicum5594 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The speech is so brilliant, that a cheap addition of manipulative music cheapens the whole.

    • @KeanuOR
      @KeanuOR 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Still, from a rhythmic perspective, it's great.

  • @woodsy5036
    @woodsy5036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    This should be played to the world especially at times like this

  • @KevintheK93
    @KevintheK93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    We need this more then ever.

  • @SR-ic4sf
    @SR-ic4sf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    this speech never loses its effect, no matter how many times it is heard

  • @stavinaircaeruleum2275
    @stavinaircaeruleum2275 4 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    Charlie, your words will echo throughout all of eternity.

  • @MarkJohnson-ro1ed
    @MarkJohnson-ro1ed 7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Possibly the most epic speech in all of cinema!

  • @YvonnaEnjoyYourLifeToday
    @YvonnaEnjoyYourLifeToday 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    How accurate this is for right now! I'm guessing all over the world, lots of people are struggling, needing kindness to survive another day, needing compassion and understanding... Let's do this!
    Saved this video, will watch it again tomorrow, and forward it to people I think will love it. Thank you for your great words Charlie Chaplin, valid at all times :)

  • @alakibyt9097
    @alakibyt9097 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Woow what a speech ❤️❤️

  • @jeklingames1692
    @jeklingames1692 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A beautiful scene, Chaplain ended up paying dearly for this in his popularity, and frankly, this was a tremendous hill to die upon.

  • @P.L.G.
    @P.L.G. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Oh my, a shiver runs down my spine.

  • @gilbertvalentin9367
    @gilbertvalentin9367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I had never heard this. I am now more admirer of charles Chaplin. Great words of what the world needs now

  • @Sweaty_Ken
    @Sweaty_Ken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    A beautiful, powerful speech, timeless and haunting. The man had something to say and he said it, it's a shame that not enough people listened.

  • @Gurnerman
    @Gurnerman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    It’s the start of 2020 and this still relevant

    • @cvetkojovcevski645
      @cvetkojovcevski645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      man has had the same sins since the begining of time

    • @boxfox1239
      @boxfox1239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Whos here during the pandemic

    • @Did447
      @Did447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was always relevant and always will be. Human nature...

    • @yseson_
      @yseson_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      5 months later
      *Relevance Intensifies*

    • @kevtb874
      @kevtb874 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      5 months ago seems like a long time ago now. I wait in hope of what the next 5 months might bring.

  • @michaelrich1012
    @michaelrich1012 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    charlie been through hell with families and government and FBI. he is hard working human being. RIP charlie you're still number one movie star .

  • @KingsCounsel
    @KingsCounsel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The speech given by Chaplin still holds true after all these decades.

  • @RickardLejonhjarta
    @RickardLejonhjarta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Possibly the greatest speech ever written.
    I wrote a paper on this for history class, it was accepted when i argued that its as real as any presidential speech

  • @dharrell2000
    @dharrell2000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +664

    Now I know where Robin Williams got his influence from

    • @KennBurch
      @KennBurch 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Robin should have done a remake of this.

    • @shredfreak83
      @shredfreak83 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      YES, he would have rocked it. Another that comes to mind that could have make this great would be Christopher Lee, Although his version would be a a lot more doomy & intimidating.

    • @rsr789
      @rsr789 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And Mel Brooks.

    • @tonym8687
      @tonym8687 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      John Fisher Unfortunately Robin Williams cannot, seeing as he's no longer alive.

    • @jdxsr85
      @jdxsr85 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Tony M You don't say

  • @vaylonkenadell
    @vaylonkenadell 7 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    "So long as men die, liberty will never perish."

    • @Skanderbeg99
      @Skanderbeg99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vaylon Kenadell man*

  • @TheGroundedAviator
    @TheGroundedAviator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    When someone who never speaks does, we MUST listen!

  • @WASRGP
    @WASRGP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    NON STOP WAVES OF GOOSEBUMPS DURING THIS WHOLE EPIC SPEECH! 🖤

    • @gia257
      @gia257 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thats bc he uses the limits of his voice, when the person is on the verge of (sounding like) crying it gives emotion to the words. I know the guy as a mime, but it seems he also trained his voice for acting