http://youtu.be/2gRAszcUx-M
I used a different video of this speech in another article I wrote, but this speech (from The Great Dictator) simply deserves to be shared over and over. It is especially fitting for our times, which are currently moving through a significant upheaval that will change history – hopefully. Though this movie was a comedy, it satirized a dark period in our history that seems to have returned with a different ’emperor’. That this speech is considered by most who hear it to be among the greatest speeches ever made (even if it was in a movie – not that this should be a factor) makes it something valuable to mankind – especially if we all hear the same words at the same time. Promise comes in many forms, and it’s up to us to see that promise in its purest form. This is one such time.
