CHAPLIN: Vi har mere brug for menneskelighed end maskiner

Charlie Chaplins sidste ord i hans ikoniske film fra 1940, ‘Den store diktator’, klinger anderledes dybt, ja, desperat og nødvendigt, i dag. Klik på billedet for at høre ham tale.

“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…”