Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! [...] 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.

I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror

Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator, I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

What a sad business is being funny!

I like friends as I like music - when I am in the mood.

I am known in parts of the world by people who have never heard of Jesus Christ.