Hi shwiggan. You don't know me and I don't really know you. 4 years you posted this video and it changed my life. I became obsessed with Chaplin, and I ended up memorizing this speech and performing it in my eight grade theatre class. The performance went strikingly well, and my theatre teacher ended up calling my principal and vice principal down to hear me do it again. It was a defining moment for me, and gave me much needed confidence, and essentially pulled me out of a severe depression. 4 years later, my performing arts career has exploded, and given me so many wonderful people and experiences in my life. I am attending a college for musical theatre, and I am going to struggle and make a life as an actor. When I think back on what started it all, it was this video, watching it as some punk middle schooler way too late at night. So thank you for shaping my life, and giving me confidence and purpose.

@Luxai

7 жыл бұрын

That's so beautiful... :,) Best of luck to you! I believe in you.

@junhao55

5 жыл бұрын

One of the best way too late at night you could have 😂

@opossozoku8005

4 жыл бұрын

I'm very proud

@slavkei

4 жыл бұрын

It's been 3 years. How've you been, if you're still on this platform?

@xxDrone95

4 жыл бұрын

My one hope is this is a true inspiration and not mere fabricated placebo meant to fool. If so the message has been missed and that truly is a loss.

I remembered someone here wrote the most brilliant comment; "Charlie Chaplin made the world laugh with his silence. Then when he spoke, he made the world speechless."

funny how one of the worlds greatest speeches was delivered by a comedian

@ginganinja714

10 жыл бұрын

And one who was mainly known for his roles in silent movies at that.

@omaraly8622

7 жыл бұрын

Rishan who never spoke

@Luxai

3 жыл бұрын

Comedy is a very powerful way of getting messages across.

After 7 years, I came back to this video. Things have changed a lot, yet this still has the same power it had then, this video should be preserved, not just for historical value, but for the message it implies.

Old guard here, grew up with this stuff. Still wistfully waiting. This video has only gotten more powerful as I've grown older.

I don't think I've ever been able to watch this without shedding some tears, and getting goosebumps repeatedly.

@clytaemnestra

10 жыл бұрын

Not expecting this from a stereotypical TF2 player brony.

@awesomen8

10 жыл бұрын

***** *This video*

@clytaemnestra

10 жыл бұрын

Screw Google Plus I Didn't Want This Name yeh o k

@awesomesauce980

10 жыл бұрын

***** I didn't realize there was a stereotypical TF2 brony

@clytaemnestra

10 жыл бұрын

awesomesauce980 >always plays with scout >is part of the scout army >favourite pony is rainbow dash >uses mlp mods

I listen to this speech everyday. When I am angry, sad, happy or joyful it doesn't matter it brings me to act and motivate myself to continue living for a better tomorrow.

@MrALM1337

10 жыл бұрын

bless you

@bluetooth5562

10 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what i'm doing right now.

@gblaze117

9 жыл бұрын

Amen to you brotha

@timmyt1717

5 жыл бұрын

You and both friend. Here's to a better and a happy life ahead of you. *hugs*

The fact tf2 characters and SFM was enough to be the same content the audio originally was meant for, but slightly better.

more people need to hear this speech these days, played in schools.. etc. i never wouldve heard it otherwise

@randomfaggot7995

4 жыл бұрын

oh you're here too

The words in this speech hit very close to home now a days...

@videonmode8649

2 жыл бұрын

Let us unite

I can't believe there are 225 dictators out there who watched this.

@TimberedHarborHero

9 жыл бұрын

One of them died

@niikiyama

9 жыл бұрын

GreyPaladin The Mask Man who is that 1 guy :o

@gutsyclub338

8 жыл бұрын

+GreyPaladin The Mask Man now there is 5 more

@ridrexw8069

6 жыл бұрын

shit... now there's 244...

@robjohnson1996

4 жыл бұрын

Literally just made my day realizing you watched his videos. Stay safe out there!

A decade has passed. Love you shwiggan

8 years later I’m still sobbing over this, in 2020 this speech means so much, perhaps more then ever before

@Noxedwin

2 жыл бұрын

I come from 2022, and I bear bad news, friend.

@alexbueno5815

Жыл бұрын

Yea we still in the trenches my man

This is one of the greatest speeches of all time, and for good reason. But a detail that some miss is just HOW gutsy it was at the time. Hitler was still coming to power. Not only did Chaplin mock the dictator all throughout the movie, but the style of speaking in this monologue is lifted from Hitler's own speech patterns. He would start out quiet and conversational, then slowly escalate into shouting. But whereas Hitler spewed hatred and violence, Chaplin laughed in his face by speaking about love and peace. He beat the dictator at his own game.

"So as long as men die, Liberty will never perish".......that...gives me a good feeling of freedom

@codysonic1

3 жыл бұрын

Same

This by far is the best speech I have ever heard in my entire life. It brought a tear to my eye

@stanleypines1026

8 жыл бұрын

Thank Mr Chaplin.

I like deliver this speech daily. I'm a huge fan of Chaplin and will often draw, act, or even dress up like the Tramp. He is a huge inspiration to me and this speech is even more dear to me, not only because it was given to me by the man who inspired my future career, but because it rings what everyone wants and what everyone feels. I, too, aim to help make that change, because I grew up always being told 'be the change you wish to see.' I want to be as Chaplin as much as I can and I hope to start my own comedy troupe someday in hopes to reach peoples hearts with humor. All Chaplin did was cheer up people and he shook the world with laughter and tears. I've also always been inspired by Team Fortress 2 and seeing these two wonderful things clash makes my heart sing. Thanks, Shwiggan

This should go down in KZread history as one of the most touching videos ever made. I am serious. It should.

@salisburysteak623

3 жыл бұрын

the audio is from a film known as the dictator by charlie chaplin. the video is well done but it is a service to a more pristine original work from long ago

The only thing I hate about this speech is that pretty much every one will listen to it and think "this is so inspirational, amazing" but then carry on living their mediocre lives and feeding the system that promotes it. My challenge to everyone is actually examine the speech and think about what it really means and then ask yourself if you are working towards a world as depicted by Chaplin. Don't just blindly follow what this speech says just because Charlie Chaplin said it, follow it if you believe in it. only then will we all have a chance for a world of Reason, Understanding and love.

@SirSparrowHawk

9 жыл бұрын

***** lol didn't think I would see that pic on youtube. And yes I agree highly with what you said.

@TheDeadbison

9 жыл бұрын

Then I guess I have Isolated myself from everyone for too long

@ValeTheOwl

8 жыл бұрын

+Zedi gan I agree completely... and I will try my best to LIVE by the words of this speech.

@jasonmonday6488

8 жыл бұрын

you are completely right and I am guilty of this myself

@daili1436

8 жыл бұрын

Same. I'm ashamed.

someday i want to have enough money to put this speech on during a big event like the super bowl or the world cup or something just get it out there to more people

@unknownatlas66

6 жыл бұрын

sparkie1j I would help you with that. A fucked up world...

After over 10 years this still hits me hard

10/10 i used this for my school project and got a A+

@theimmux3034

8 жыл бұрын

"as" or "for"

@arbee9957

7 жыл бұрын

The WIld Sten doubt

@Rivan-qo5gh

3 жыл бұрын

nice ;-;

It's been over 75 years since "The Great Dictator" premiered, and its final speech is still as relevant today as it was back then...

It has been a while since I heard that speech. Damn, I forgot it was so powerful.

Long live Shwiggan for introducing me to this great speech so many years ago, thank you. It's sad as I get older I realise these words are more relevant to the modern day way of life, the world that we live in is a hurtful and cruel place but so long as there are those who hold onto such beliefs, I feel that there is hope for us. Re-edit as of 2022 and still this world has me fearful for our future. Be kind to one another. Small gestures of kindness and love can make such a great impact on someone's life, more than you know.

This is really good to hear and watch in such a terrible time right now...

@idontcare6736

7 жыл бұрын

K

@idontcare6736

7 жыл бұрын

This was made before the Trump presidency, so I don't think it's about that.

@ctrlh5419

7 жыл бұрын

oh god, were you one of those people that cried when Trump was elected?

@DeepEye1994

3 жыл бұрын

Dear poorly aged 2016 comment, you have absolutely NO IDEA what a "terrible time" really is...

@SommerSen

Жыл бұрын

bloody hell, of course there's always those two who have to bring trump into something

You know there's power in a video when it pulls tears from your big tough ROTC brother

the sorrow in which this video brings me is more than anything.

"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.... The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even 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. ..... Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - 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 cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!" That is all

I like how you made him Medic, as a symbol for him trying to cure the world...

@CoffeeMaus

9 жыл бұрын

Let me remind you that Medic is a psychotic killer like the rest of the merc not only that but it seems he's the most literally insane and crazy person in the field, but if he was just a regular doctor he would definitely fit.

@TheToTofilms

9 жыл бұрын

It's ironic though, that Charlie Chaplin was a socialist, yet the speech he's giving above is one of the most anti-socialism speeches I've ever heard. Well, I guess that's how he's a good actor lol.

@darthpesado

9 жыл бұрын

nopotato I don't see how this is anti socialist, its anti- any form of government that has a figurehead I feel

@TheToTofilms

9 жыл бұрын

Doc Pesado um... yes... that is what anti-socialist is, socialism is all about big tyrannical government.

@Fusseliko

9 жыл бұрын

nopotato This speech isnt anti-socialistic. You're mistaking socialism for the systems implemented by people who call themselves socialist but are actually fascists.

This speech never gets old. You did a fantastic job recreating it in SFM

Watching this during the quarantine, still think this is one of best gems on youtube and still believe people can learn from this speech

Even after all these years, this vid still makes me feel the feels

why is this on a mic spam playlist? It's beautiful.

I just watched the great dictator for the first time. Somehow, I was reminded of when I saw this video almost a decade ago when I was younger. Had to find it again and I'm glad it was easy to search for. Excellent choice of accompanying music.

I always come back to watch this. Feels good.

How Shwiggan and Gzero predicted Mann Vs. Machine. But srsly, I love their work when they were in their prime. ;_;

This needs more views.

"Even now, my voice is reaching millions throughout the world", and it has yet to die out, not unlike the fire that did dwell within his soul. Damn, I wish he were still around...

I find it amazing that one of the most incredible monologues I’ve ever heard was in a comedy written and directed in the 1940s by a man famous for his work in silent films. It was as if he was just saving all the words he could have said in his career for this single, four-minute speech. What’s more interesting is the fact that this was almost a plea to the people of Germany to awaken to the truths of a country under the rule of a dictator.

I love this video and this speech, it may be idealistic, and irrational, but it is beyond a doubt, one of the most compelling and honestly lovely calls to action i've ever heard

"Wonder why this is in my Favorites playlist..." rewatch "oh ; ;"

how can you dislike something so beautiful? dude you made something amazing here i thank you for creating it

I love this video. The way you took a bunch of clips from weird and wacky videos you've made over the years, and culminated them into one moving piece of art. It makes me feel as if life isn't so short. That things don't move away into the dust so quickly. Art's influence eventually ages, and it becomes irrelevant. But my experience, my emotions tied to this will never falter.

Why is this so beautiful? *sniff,sniff*

@mymcr03

10 жыл бұрын

Because Charlie Chaplin is very good at acting.

@ODSTspam3

10 жыл бұрын

CanadianEgg doesnt speak the whole time. Gives the most amazing speech ever heard at the very end.

@2brothersgaming390

10 жыл бұрын

*nod*

@JelloPuddingMaster

10 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful because every letter is true to the vary core.

Now let's go fight some robots.

This speech still brings tears to my eyes, all these years later.

I've watched this many times, and it still just blows me away. The best dub of the Charlie Chaplin speech I've seen so far.

god, we need to send this to N. Korea

I'm still amazed at how it manages to be touching by showing completely nonsensical and random clips.

@ratfink8332

7 жыл бұрын

I think it's the music he added in that helps generate the feels.

Getting the goosebumps again. The best thing you really did here, Shwiggan, is the music you added. It goes along so very well.

it's been 6 years and I still never get tired of this video

Why would anyone click the dislike button?

@Bazus05

10 жыл бұрын

The unloved and the unnatural who hate.

@ronnyjon51

10 жыл бұрын

The machine men.

@Bazus05

10 жыл бұрын

ronny jon with machine minds and machine hearts

@Karawawa

10 жыл бұрын

people who missed like

@2brothersgaming390

10 жыл бұрын

yep

Mann up ladies

12 years later this is still one of the best videos ever created

It's incredible how the tf2 version is 10 times more effective on bringing me to tears than the original.

What is the background sound? its so dreamy . . . if anyone could let me know i will be hugely appreciative

Shout out to my fellow socialist Charlie Chaplin! You're one of the greats

That was one of the most beautiful things I have seen on youtube. Thank you for this.

All my life I never thought I'd leave a KZread video wiser and smarter but it has happened thank you shwigan

This is beautiful

watching this video is one of the few times I wonder why we fight

@charlesford7887

9 жыл бұрын

Duncan N Why do we fight? As he said Greed has poisoned Men souls... Greedy idiots just want Land and money

@ailurusfulgens3207

9 жыл бұрын

+Charles Ford also humans are territorial, i think.

@MurasakiTsukimaru

8 жыл бұрын

+Duncan N But the question still remains... why do we fight? I trust you have learned: to fight out of fear or anger is to fight a war that never ends. Face your fears. Calm your hatreds. Find peace within yourself, so that you may share it with the world around you. These are the greatest treasures in life. Surely they... are worth fighting for.

@jonigod24

8 жыл бұрын

+MurasakiTsukimaru Nothing is worth to fight for with violence. If you have to fight with hatred and fear using as a weapon that mean you are never gonna find your true happiness inside yourself.

@MurasakiTsukimaru

8 жыл бұрын

+jonigod24 1) That was a quote from a game asking "Why do we fight?" 2) Anyone who declares that nothing is worth fighting for with violence has never HAD to fight for something. Remember all those who fought and died so YOU can insist violence is wrong.

This video gives me hope. Thank you. You might not've written the speech but you made something beautiful here.

I come back and watch this video so much. Literally my favorite video on youtube

A weirder take on a great speech. Watch it.

:' )

I choose to believe that chaplan, if alive today, would see this audio and perhaps video as his intended portrayal of the speech. Even though the technology or pacing was not available back then.

Dude. This very adaptation of the greatest speech ever changed my views on life. I learned to be more loving than before, simply stated. Your recreation of this has made one of the greatest moments in cinema even better. Sincerely, thank you to you and your co-creators. You guys changed me for the better.

1:00 Boxtrot. How???

@lukehull9022

9 жыл бұрын

Dear God

@lukehull9022

9 жыл бұрын

He came from the future

@ailurusfulgens3207

9 жыл бұрын

+Luke Hull IKR!!!!!!!!!!

@theogillan5510

8 жыл бұрын

+Bryden Snider The great mind of this man is greater than the people that made the box trot or just the guy that made the box trot copied him

This is outtake from meet the medic.

Still nothing can top that speech

This speech is beautiful, and the video with it is just...amazing.

>Let us do away with national borders Aaaaand that where you lost me fam. If you have to go somewhere illegally without complying with the law I'm already suspicious of you.

@Ganryu666

8 жыл бұрын

+Commander Data Maybe it's just how I interpreted that part of the speech, but I'm pretty sure that statement was meant to say that we should unite together as one group of people with a common goal instead of dividing ourselves into separate peoples/countries/nations/etc. with entirely different goals. I'm pretty sure it wasn't talking about going somewhere illegally without complying with any laws. But again, that's probably just how I interpreted that part of the speech.

@trollface12345able

8 жыл бұрын

+Ganryu That's exactly what he meant.

buttefeial

Even after watching the video for more than 20 times, it is still so inspiring. The speech of Chaplin itself is plain amazing but Shwiggan really did a great job with the music and the scenes fitting to most of the speech. Great job!

Damn ... Five years later and this is more relevant than ever. Still gives me chills ...

Ten years later and another Dictator has started a war.

You should have called this video. The second Opinion.

@TehLuvablePup

10 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!! B)

Even years later, still the most feels ridden SFM vid I've ever seen.

God bless you Charlie Chaplin. :)

I always get chills, and shed a gentle tear of hope. This is the most beautiful thing I think I will ever hear.

I honestly cannot think of a word or sentence POWERFUL enough to express my feelings for this. but I'm crying right now so I guess that all i really can do. but they are tears of joy. Tears of awakening!

Who would have thought an sfm video would bring me to tears. (And I'm being completely honest. No exaggerating here, I actually cried) GO CHARLIE!!!!

His words holds a great amount of truth about humanity. It is rather sad to see people dislike a video, but there will always be people that will hate. It's sad, but we as individuals need to change if we want to stop the hate.

this video will always bring tears to my eyes for all the problems he brings out but also the happiness he wants. to spreed.ever since money and power was given we have thought of ourselves and not the ones around us.. we have thought of our needs and not the emtiness of others. we must come together on our shared earth and help each other for we need each other for comfort in struggles. to aid in time of need and happiness for all time and for all of us.

I cried the first time watching this, and i still do. It's so touching and special. You and gzero are AMAZING! Be proud of the terrific video you two made. P.S: This video needs more butter, seriously, it really does.

I listen to this speech to relax myself, it reminds me of how that there is still hope for us. I listen to it when I write, and when I wait on the bus. This was made almost 80 years ago, and all of still applies... And it will always apply, so long as we wait to change.

Best video on KZread, most fulfilling. makes you feel good, but not in a cheesy way.

Even though I have this speech memorized, it still makes me cry.

2 years 2 god damn years and I've finally found it this is awesome

Only 800,000 views? I could have sworn I watched it more than that...

Words that no man can again say with the same conviction and heart. How can any dislike this? He was one of my favorite comedians but now he sits next to Einstein on the list of great minds. A mind that gave us these words that should never be listened to but fallowed to the deepest and truest form. Please tell me there are others that feel the same?

i wonder if he thought his words would still be so heard by so many. crazy when you stop and think about it.

My favorite movie of all time, hands down. I've seen it so many times that I've got the speech committed to memory.

Whoah dude, your videos are amazingly animated! You just earned a subscriber!

I made it a priority to listen to this speech everyday( and watch the video), though it is kinda animated, the scenes in it emphasize the reason and target of the speech, which makes it even more beautiful and inspiring. My favorite line of the speech is "You don't hate, only the unloved hate, the unloved and the unnatural." Because of it, I can't see the word hate the same again.

i always get a little teary eyed when i hear this....its the most beautiful speech i have ever heard in my entire life

Still watching this video. It's just so good.

@Bronteus_

2 жыл бұрын

still watching and it is still so good

Even more beautiful with the music!

I knew I already heard this speech somewhere - seen this video on memebase and came to KZread to read if it mentioned where it was from and I was right with my guess. Oh gee, Medic doing a powerful speech here. And the clips and the music fit so great with it.