"i'm sorry,
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 happinesses, not by each other's misery
we don't want to hate and despise one another
this world has room for everyone,
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 developed hate
we have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in
our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard, and unkind.
we think too much, and we 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
even now, my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and children
victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people
but 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 human progress.
but we have lost the way."
