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.

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.

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

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

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."

A decade has passed. Love you shwiggan

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

After over 10 years this still hits me hard

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

"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

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

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. ;_;

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

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 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...

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

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

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.

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

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

This needs more views.

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.

He was known for being silent. But when he did speak, he made one of the greatest speeches of all time.

Why is this so beautiful? *sniff,sniff*

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

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.

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.

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.

Still nothing can top that speech

God bless you Charlie Chaplin. :)

Mann up ladies

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

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.

Why would anyone click the dislike button?

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

Charlie Chaplin, how you moved me so. Loved that part so much.

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

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

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

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.

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!

A weirder take on a great speech. Watch it.

This is beautiful

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

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

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1:00 Boxtrot. How???

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

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!!!!

buttefeial

This is outtake from meet the medic.

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

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

You should have called this video. The second Opinion.

>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.

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?

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.

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

I'm crying my eyes out such a beautiful excerpt...

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

Sometimes i just search up this video and watch it again and again... and it makes me happy. Anything happens that speech give me hope and power to being man.

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

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

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

still watching

When i see or hear the speech i want to cry its so Beautiful

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

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

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

a tear of half joy and half sorrow to the floor.

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

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.

The music was so fitting. This video brings me to tears.

A speech that travels through time and space itself to give a message ages so old, yet the message never fades away into the abyss of the chaos of the world.

This created feels four years ago, and it still creates feels.

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