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WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts) Sun Mar 19, 2017, 06:30 AM Mar 2017

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This still gets to me... 'The Greatest Speech' by Charlie Chaplin

This video using Chaplin's moving speech from, The Great Dictator, was created in 2016 and uses many fairly recent images. Sadly his words are very pertinent again.

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This still gets to me... 'The Greatest Speech' by Charlie Chaplin (Original Post) WePurrsevere Mar 2017 OP

Thanks for posting this. democrank Mar 2017 #1

Awesome colsohlibgal Mar 2017 #2

I think he must have. He certainly WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #3

Mr Chaplin was one of the wisest men to have ever lived. retrowire Mar 2017 #4

democrank

(11,094 posts)

1. Thanks for posting this.

Reply to WePurrsevere (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2017, 07:37 AM

Mar 2017

A powerful speech

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)

2. Awesome

Reply to WePurrsevere (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2017, 11:01 AM

Mar 2017

Charlie must have had...err titanium ones to make that movie at that time with the outcome of WWll still in doubt.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)

3. I think he must have. He certainly

Reply to colsohlibgal (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 19, 2017, 11:42 AM

Mar 2017

lead an interesting and very productive life if you ever get a chance to read even a bit of his bio.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)

4. Mr Chaplin was one of the wisest men to have ever lived.

Reply to WePurrsevere (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2017, 11:53 AM

Mar 2017

And this speech is the first thing I ever posted on DU.

I shall live and die by it.

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