查理·卓别林/Charlie Chaplin
查理·卓别林（1889—1977），好莱坞著名喜剧演员、导演和反战人士。出生于伦敦一个贫苦演员家庭，父母都是游艺场的歌舞演员。童年动**不安，很早就开始独立谋生。1914年，因饰演流浪汉夏尔洛而一举闻名。他一生拍摄过大量电影，代表作有《淘金记》《大马戏团》《城市之光》《摩登时代》《大独裁者》等。
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 is 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.
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, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress; the hate of men will pass and dictators die, and the power they took from the people, will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish.