00:00Two thousand years ago, two thousand years ago, the proudest boast was Kiwis Romanis Sum.
00:13Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is, Ich bin ein Beleiner.
00:23I, uh, I appreciate, I appreciate my interpreter translating my German.
00:53There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the free world and the communist world.
01:09Let them come to Berlin.
01:14There are some who say, there are some who say that communism is the wave of the future.
01:31Let them come to Berlin.
01:37And there are some who say, in Europe and elsewhere, we can work with the communists.
01:45Let them come to Berlin.
01:47And there are even a few who say that it's true that communism is an evil system, but it permits us to make economic progress.
02:09Let's see not Berlin in common.
02:13Let them come to Berlin.
02:21Freedom has many difficulties.
02:26And democracy is not perfect.
02:28But we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us.
02:44You live in a defended island of freedom, but your life is part of the main.
02:51So let me ask you as I close, to lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today, to the hopes of tomorrow, beyond the freedom merely of this city of Berlin, or your country of Germany, to the advance of freedom everywhere.
03:11Beyond the wall, to the day of peace with justice, beyond yourselves and ourselves, to all mankind, freedom is indivisible.
03:26And when one man is enslaved, all are not free.
03:31When all are free, then we look forward to that day when this city will be joined as one, and this country, and this great continent of Europe, in a peaceful and hopeful globe.
03:47When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades.
04:04All, all free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin.
04:28And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the word, Ich bin ein violiner.
