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I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor.That's not my business. |
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I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible. |
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Jew, Gentile,black man,white. |
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We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. |
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We want to live by each other's happiness - not by each other's misery. |
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We don't want to hate and despise one another. |
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In this world there's room for everyone and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. |
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The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. |
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Greed has poisoned men's souls,has barricaded the world with hate,has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. |
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We have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in. |
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Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. |
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We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. |
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Chorus |
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More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.Without these qualities, life will be violent,and all will be lost. |
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The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. |
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The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in man,cries for universal brotherhood,for the unity of us all. |
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Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world,millions of despairing men, women, and little children |
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victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. |
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To those who can hear me, I say: 'Do not despair.' |
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The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. |