- And here, Your Majesty, we have an infant phenomenon. A remarkable child of ten. He's quite a historian, editor of our school magazine.
— Very interesting.
- This, Your Majesty, is Rupert, our young editor.
— How do you do, Rupert? Sit down. What's that you're reading?
• Karl Marx.
— Surely you're not a communist?
• Do I have to be a communist to read Karl Marx?
— That's a valid answer. Well, if you're not a communist, what are you?
• Nothing.
— Nothing?
• I dislike all forms of government.
— But somebody must rule!
• And I don't like the word “rule”.
— Well, if we don't like the word “rule”, let's call it “leadership”.
• Leadership in government is political power and political power is an official form of antagonizing the people.
— What magazine did you say he edits?
- A commentary on current events. Pardon me, Your Majesty.
— But my dear young man, politics are necessary.
• Politics are rules imposed upon the people.
— But in this country rules are not imposed, they are the wish of all free citizens.
• Travel around a bit, then you'll see how free they are.
— You didn't let me finish.
• They have every man in a straightjacket and without a passport he can't move a toe. In a free world they violate the natural rights of every citizen. They have become the weapons of political despots. If you don't think as they think you're deprived of your passport. To leave a country is like breaking out of jail. And to enter a country is like going through the eye of a needle. Am I free to travel?
— Of course you're free to travel.
• Only with a passport!
— May I say something?
• Only with a passport! Do animals need passports?
— Have you finished?
• It's incongruous that in this atomic age of speed we are shut in and shut out by passports.
— If you'll shut up and let somebody else talk!
• And free speech, does that exist?
— No, you've got it all.
• And free enterprise?
— We were talking of passports.
• Today it's all monopoly.
— All right, now will you...
• Can I go into the automobile business and compete?
— If I can get in a word!
• Not a chance! Can I go into the grocery business and compete?
— Will you shut up?
• Not a chance! Monopoly is the menace of free enterprise. As I look back 60 years ago...
— Where were you 60 years ago?
○ He was a glint in his great grandfather's eye!
— Very well, now. Have you finished? Now let me say something. Let me tell you how wrong you are. In the first place... In the first place... I've forgotten what I wanted to say.
• And the atomic bomb! It's a crime that when the world cries for atomic energy you want to make atomic bombs.
— Me? I'm against atomic bombs!
• You want to wipe out civilization, destroy all life on this planet! You still think you're living in the 19th century!
— I lost my throne because I didn't want atomic bombs!
• You and your kind think atomic bombs can solve your problems.
— Listen, you little rat!
• Today man has too much power. The Roman Empire collapsed with the assassination of Cesar - why? Because of too much power.
Feudalism blew up with the French revolution - why? Because of too much power. And today the whole world will blow up - why? Because of too much power. The monopoly of power is a menace to freedom. It degrades and victimizes every individual. And where is the individual?
— I don't know.
• Lost in terror because he is made to hate instead of love. If civilization is to survive we must combat power until the dignity and peace
of man are restored.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2SpckZ6uPs&feature=youtu.be
— Very interesting.
- This, Your Majesty, is Rupert, our young editor.
— How do you do, Rupert? Sit down. What's that you're reading?
• Karl Marx.
— Surely you're not a communist?
• Do I have to be a communist to read Karl Marx?
— That's a valid answer. Well, if you're not a communist, what are you?
• Nothing.
— Nothing?
• I dislike all forms of government.
— But somebody must rule!
• And I don't like the word “rule”.
— Well, if we don't like the word “rule”, let's call it “leadership”.
• Leadership in government is political power and political power is an official form of antagonizing the people.
— What magazine did you say he edits?
- A commentary on current events. Pardon me, Your Majesty.
— But my dear young man, politics are necessary.
• Politics are rules imposed upon the people.
— But in this country rules are not imposed, they are the wish of all free citizens.
• Travel around a bit, then you'll see how free they are.
— You didn't let me finish.
• They have every man in a straightjacket and without a passport he can't move a toe. In a free world they violate the natural rights of every citizen. They have become the weapons of political despots. If you don't think as they think you're deprived of your passport. To leave a country is like breaking out of jail. And to enter a country is like going through the eye of a needle. Am I free to travel?
— Of course you're free to travel.
• Only with a passport!
— May I say something?
• Only with a passport! Do animals need passports?
— Have you finished?
• It's incongruous that in this atomic age of speed we are shut in and shut out by passports.
— If you'll shut up and let somebody else talk!
• And free speech, does that exist?
— No, you've got it all.
• And free enterprise?
— We were talking of passports.
• Today it's all monopoly.
— All right, now will you...
• Can I go into the automobile business and compete?
— If I can get in a word!
• Not a chance! Can I go into the grocery business and compete?
— Will you shut up?
• Not a chance! Monopoly is the menace of free enterprise. As I look back 60 years ago...
— Where were you 60 years ago?
○ He was a glint in his great grandfather's eye!
— Very well, now. Have you finished? Now let me say something. Let me tell you how wrong you are. In the first place... In the first place... I've forgotten what I wanted to say.
• And the atomic bomb! It's a crime that when the world cries for atomic energy you want to make atomic bombs.
— Me? I'm against atomic bombs!
• You want to wipe out civilization, destroy all life on this planet! You still think you're living in the 19th century!
— I lost my throne because I didn't want atomic bombs!
• You and your kind think atomic bombs can solve your problems.
— Listen, you little rat!
• Today man has too much power. The Roman Empire collapsed with the assassination of Cesar - why? Because of too much power.
Feudalism blew up with the French revolution - why? Because of too much power. And today the whole world will blow up - why? Because of too much power. The monopoly of power is a menace to freedom. It degrades and victimizes every individual. And where is the individual?
— I don't know.
• Lost in terror because he is made to hate instead of love. If civilization is to survive we must combat power until the dignity and peace
of man are restored.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2SpckZ6uPs&feature=youtu.be
