The Great Dictator's Ending Speech "Fight for Liberty"

Mason 2022-04-20 09:01:17

1. Does the speech of the Minister of Propaganda seem familiar:

“Today, democracy, liberty and equality are words to fool the people.”

"In the future, each man will serve the interest of the state with absolute obedience. "

"The rights of citizenship will be taken away from ***. They are inferior, and therefore enemies of the state. It is the duty of all to hate and despise them."

2. Chaplin's speech, Our way out:

Greed has poisoned man's souls. Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.

Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to the brutes- men who despise you and enslave you-who regiment your lives -tell you what to do-what to think and what to feel! Who drill you-diet you-treat you like cattle, use you as a cannon fodder.

Don't give youselves to these unnatural men- machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machine! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts.

Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!

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Extended Reading

The Great Dictator quotes

  • Secret Agent B-76: The men are planning a strike at the arms factory.

    Adenoid Hynkel: Who's the leader?

    Secret Agent B-76: There were five of them.

    Adenoid Hynkel: Have them shot.

    Secret Agent B-76: They were, your Excellency.

    Adenoid Hynkel: Oh. Hum. How many do you say were going on strike?

    Secret Agent B-76: The whole factory: 3,000 of them.

    Adenoid Hynkel: Have them all shot! I don't want any of my workers dissatisfied.

    Garbitsch: But, your Excellency, these men are skilled craftsmen. Why not let them work until they can train others and then shoot them.

    Adenoid Hynkel: We cannot afford to be lenient.

    Garbitsch: The whole rhythm of production will be affected if we shoot them now.

    Adenoid Hynkel: Rhythm of production? All right, have your rhythms.

  • Garbitsch: It's our destiny! We'll kill off the Jews. Wipe out the brunettes. Then, will come forth our dream of pure Aryan race!

    Adenoid Hynkel: Beautiful blonde Aryans.

    Garbitsch: They will love you. They will adore you. They will worship you as a god!

    Adenoid Hynkel: Oh! No-no! You mustn't say it! You make me afraid of myself.