- Would you like to taste one?
- Oh no, thank you.
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?
- Rupert!
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 with the other trucks?
If I can get in a word!
Not a chance! Can I go into
the grocery business and compete with the chainstores?
- 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... (laughter)
In the first place...
Oh.. 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 Caesar - and why?
Because of too much power.
Feudalism blew up with
the French revolution - and why?
Because of too much power.
And today the whole world
will blow up - and 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.
...Laughter...
