thk you. you e about hear fr an everyay man th an exaordinar li story. a story at may wl give u a ad map ta betteruture. he w an acto a ng and dce manwho le off theroadway age to the wld stagen 1948 takingn cops bord guards,rmies and ole natis, showi us that we n't haveo be awe by tir propsf power d contro we don'tave to aept world raged by wand plging towd enronmentadisaster

for 65ears as aitizen ono natioonly t world[no auo] garry vis made s own prs of freom demonstring that wehe-people can te down thwalls oppressn and ite our n story. we canuild a world thats consuctiveor alland deructive none. as vermo author abigl stone t it: "gar davis ons the drs of our psonal ja cells handus the rustold key d says: on't fort to dan on the y out'!" so now he he is, the n buckmiter fulleralled... "theew worldan" - mr. gay davis! [alause ancheers] i'very appciative ofhe fact at you'rhere as an auence and i'm re to enrtain yo it's li a templ u know, 's like cathedra all acto feel thsame way

and wh we get fr you we t that.. we g that atntion, that ectricity get thafeeling ck and feeds u so wt do i nd this f? heers] [piano mic and alause] [tapounds] heers] usic sto] at's it! [applae, cheer laughte real drm... was to sr... in aroadway ow! i dreamtbout tha om almosday one! d at 19, got my g break. wellbreak, bak... i goin the crus... i got inhe choru "let's ce it!". a g show obroadway at 1years ol!! [ music we werin bosto i we to the oducer a said: "i like toundersdy dannyaye!"

he said hat?!" obody cado dannyaye!" said, we, just f threhearsa e other understudi needomebody read throle. he thout and sa "okay". twyears lar... [whiering] danny ge laryngis... m down ithe dresng room,down ces the sge manag... and says the magic rds that ery underudy wants toear. he lks down me and ys: ou're on fit reacti: "oh myod i gottwash my ir!" so-out matee! here i a in frontf an audnce... at the ierial thter... new yor.. on broway!! but theyant dannkaye! th don't wt me! can i ally car a broadw show? for twhours! as t star?

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♪ dooooh ♪ rert to ctor ggaa gi.. ♪ danny go3 curtaicalls. day got 3 rtain cas. got 13 f that peormance. new yorkimes wro an artie, neyork tim wrote aarticle, columb screen st afterrd i wamade--byhat one,one peormance! decemb 7th, 19. ka-boo (me) 'we bng an imrtant bulletinrom the ited pre. flas washingn the whe house nouncesjapane attack pearl hbor. i'm noonger anctor. m a drafe... withnemies iever knei had. i from thbroadwayheater to the eopean thter aninto the2nd bombroup. wanted tlearn toly... if ie to go war governme would tch me.

my broer, budd chooses e navy. whili'm in tining, his n-can deroyer islown to ts atalerno.. th's a sho. that a shock hope you ner have that family mber gets kled in w. wh's my retion? i waed reven. m furiouat the slors who lled my other! big broer, my mtor, weere youn weere gointo write we we young. we we going write pls... stoes. he was great pt, he was areat poe ve talente we we going changethe wod. th was my rst reacon-- ju... t these stards!! but... someing happed!as i'mlying over gerny in a 17 're orded... to bb brandeurg. we didfive mil up

d then wgo home. d then wsaw the ctures. and i wahorrifie at the dtruction soy reveng disaeared coletely. i rned to ame. what was doing? my broer was kled and m kiing brotrs, and milies. my bther wasilled ani'm lling brhers, anfamilies y weren'we arresd fokilling ople?! whweren't e german who kill you arrted?! we, 1946, e war isver. i t anotheshow. hree to ke readywith ray bolg. rememb the guy the arecrow?onderful wondful acto a greateart. now inhis showhe plays e gi sadack. now this sh, he pla the gi s sack. i'playing e colone.. and then t generalnd so foh. t offsta... m a realad sack! my fends useto say arry isn fun anyre." i'm wahing neweels of bomd out hirosha, nagasi... (me)

"hiroima, seefrom theair afr the atic bomb ast that virally erad this cy of40,000 pple fromarth. far as e eye casee, retched enes desolatn and ru. girl 10 ars old o was 400 mers from e epicenr. you ow that clear wa.. eitein sai "if we don'tliminatear war's gog to eminate u" so i go on a qst-- find ouhow to bt thmost irrional enemof all war itse! i ask perts. io to e librars. i loofor book none has alue! i'm inking to myself:"is wainevitab?!" then read a book credibleook caed e anatomof peaceand ittruck meike lighing, thatumans alady have a syem for eminatingar!

it'soo simpl "comon, garr you' kidding noinside cntries withne goverent, we d't fightars! "how abo civil ws?" hah! twoovernmen o soverenties! buif everye accept one vernmentno war! i ok arounnew yorknd i seeethnicroups alover thelace sa ones th were atar witheach oer, in oer countes. re they' playinghess in whington uare. it humanature.. too to war wharen't ty at war colicts cabe resold, noby blowi up neigorhoods t in a crt of la then i rd tom pae's he rightof man" ine madehat famo stateme "my untry ishe world

so if thworld isur count - his is t simple ally-- if theorld is r countr d we cla it! and weaise ourllegianc that lel, the topevel...hah! no more fictional borders! that's the key! and therefore... no morears. suddenlyit becom ry clearo me. i didn get arrted for mbing cies becausthere's law agast it! natial politians ol us byalking aut inr nation law. t treati are jusdeals, betwn soveren nationtates, whh can beroken, and are, althrough story. (male)there bere his cinet esident olidge gns for e unitedtates a trty desigd to outw war".

beuse thers no pole forceto enfce them. inther wor, very sply: no. wod. law ! and thatit me like aon of brks! and at, folk is whywe fout world r ii! war betwn the naons, not beeen us, e people ife'd had rld law,we cou have elinated the glob lawlessss the rld anary th gave ri to hitl and thholocaus and brother woulbe aliveoday! "tre neveras a r in hisry "easieto preve by timelaction "than e one th has justesolated su great aas of thglobe. could he been prevend in my lief without e firing a singlshot." hen kans and colado have a qrrel ovethe wate "ty don'call out thnation guard

in each statand goo war ov it. "thebring a it to the sueme court of t united ates andabide the decion. "the isn't aeason in theorld why we cannot that ternatnally." "it' be justs easy for natis to getlong in a replic of t world as it isor us to t along in theepublic of t united ates." [aps] en i finly reali that worllaw is eential r the suival of manity i kn i had ttake actn. was up ere maki war bombg cities "n i've goto ma amends- ve got tstop theext war! you agine? yosee... i was gog throug personahell. was like lot of the guys backrom afghistan aniraq. u shoot mebody: u're shootingn image yoursel as the pchiatris say it like a le in yo soul.

u can't t it out thlast str for me s thstart ofhe berlicrisis. i'm inhe activreserves! [siren] at if i'called for acti duty toomb mosc? wo i had tdo sometng. so n here itoes. head to ris. march in the us bassy, and official... give up. my elusive.. natial...citenship! w you say this is crazy. i made a statement though. i made a statement wch said: "i taking e littleit soveity that possess, and am placi it up on t top lev, ok?" d nobodyan deny that!becausi am outde the stes yway. i no long a natiol cizen so ian do wh i want!i can aim what want!

and that the day e same d i did th i claim to be a tizen ofhe world [appuse and eers] oud applse and cers] me: "i a worlditizen !/i> i wa out of e embass noi am freof the w system, liberatefrom nation boundars, waltzi above t entire stem of tions! engized by vision a world th no boers ! no bouaries! fear! a world.in whiche are... one ! and you ow what? the rld is aeady one and worlcitizensp not a n idea. charlie aplin caed himse a tizen ofhe world crates martinuther ki gandhi, l the grt gurus, masters d sages call themsels

tizens othe worl but, unftunately. not my o family! my sisr ginny- in philalphia-- ops the reblican nation conventn... singin the starpangled nner! and myather's aying-- he's g the orcstra fort when thehear abo citizenip. w, what shock! what a ctrast inamily! dadmplores toeconside obvious. now e first ing the consul says: "mr.avis youe got sothing belonginto us." "yea" us psport. thanks vy much, ve it ba! you givit back. noyou've g no docunts. you lk out othat doo ontohe champelysees paris and you' reenter france whout

docents. it's t lot of llions ofeople. so whadoes frae do? they s: "get o!" get ou you're ateless, u ain't our boo- if youon't getut the poke-go to jl! i saidine. i'lgo to geany help reild what destroy! but can't gea visa to gerny witho a passpt!the sa thing.in fac as a steless peon noation wi admit m so where's world cizen to g up tthe mooninto thecean? there's other pce! in thatoment sothing verynteresti happens france dlares pais de chllot "intnationalerritory for 3 mohs. fothe unit nationso hold its geral assely. e only yr the un waout of n york! they hadowhere tgo

the ilding wn't buil the easriver, so thewent to ris. so i sd, my go here's piece oforld tertory rit in theiddle ofaris? beautil! mas my poi! so io to theress-- the nit before sept10th--ma a statent give it the ap, the wireervices,euters anso forth. ta my packn my bac to the ace du tcadéro midnighi leave ance by gng to t territo of the pala de chait! i roll my eeping b... and goo sleep! [chuckng] hey, lely! i'out of fnce! nextorning, out 6am: nue, nudgenudge... "monsir ! monsur ! you nnot stahere! it's ainst theaw." i wake uand say: "out the's againsthe law r me! "

i sh this gearme whathey call a "fus de sour": theye refusi to let stay. he lks at itnd says: "but... u must bout of frce by seember 11!" said: "tt's righ and i amut of frce... did you kn france ded thiserritoryo the un him: ", but yore in pas!" : "yes t here is not frch anymor it's nofrance!" "if you ke me aw, back to frae, you'lbe imporng an ali, you caget arreed" aughter] heeally bas off! he nds some ders now. and th the pre arrived. and it bame a cius! (gar) that me a clam all overhe world beuse euro was sti in rns at thtime and peop were so f up withar. anthen i s well, n that i've gothe attenon of thun

i'm claing to be thr first tizen. the onlyuy they cou get to e press wathe sovi undeecretaryeneral. and histatemen wavery intesting: avis... "is world ba. "statemay join. "butiapered tizens.. nyet" [laughr] anyw, the sty went o. crds start to gath around. had studts, housives busissmen... ople wand peace this seed a eakthrou for the

they didt know w... but ateast oneuy d brokenhrough.. talkedo the unirectly d ey couldt get riof him! it was aodern david angoliath ory. i ld the gund ther in ts hecticime for x days a nights! the six day a bunch postal erks me out othe pala wi sacks andumped t mail aty feet. theyere fromthe whe world! austraa, indiasri lank om all or africa all er europ.. it was azing... talkbout oneorld! what do ey say? they're ying: "we'reeary of lk!" ying: "wwant pea!" "y're our pe!" "we're wh you inur villa coinuez!" "h do i si up as wld citiz?" many sai "you'reike us.. if youan be a rld citizen,o can i! soine tent of the tters sa "we wanto

be worlcitizensike you! it w the begning of a mement. on theeventh d... the un w fed up! huckling politils all or e place re fed u

jeanaul sart bert cam andre breton simone de beauvoir raymond queneau, well, with so many well, wi so many wantg to be rld citins we oped a regiry. the sml hotel stayed i ironical called e hotel ofhe unitestates.. sign"register he world cizens" we took er thwhole hol. the fit floor s receptn. thsecond for was restration ththird flr was mea. the urth flo was "pple du mde", our wspaper. and the fth floo s moi, m noin two yrs we h registed 75000 peop from a over thworld! y! it's re peoplthan ma smallerations, ght?

this w the begning... a new cstituencof tizenry a globalevel... someing traordinily histic and traordinily impoant. now sie the unharter meions hum rits eightimes... theyad to dene them! so theappointe eleanor osevelt who s the uselegate the un as t chairpeon of a man rights committ. buthe sovi bloc sa: "han right no! "it'an invasn of our sereignty "we agrewith ecomic righ t not hun rights so eanor roovelt had meetgs aftermeetin after mtings d my couil decid we havto plot very gre big acof polital theat.

arry) buthe coldar is righthere in at room! natis squabbng like ltle kids [a f words irussian] (male)hair rul the remks ard, entely out order. so what did was got up beforenybody cld stop . there re balco railing leapt ov them out to t front wre everydy cod see mend i shoed: (you garry) interru! i interrt! i terrupt make a stement!" [multie loud fnch voic] et him sak!!" interru... the nam the peoe t represted here (mal "at then's generaassembly arry dav, the wod citize "whoot peopltalking out him at t session beginni en he

insted the lais de aillot.. (garry) rbert evt... he loo up... he seeme... [chuckng] it w like th! somebodyrom the ople d the flr ven by t present of t united tions!well, started: "theations y represe divide u "andead us tohe abyssf total r. hat we nd is oneovernmen for e world. nd if yowon't dot, st aside! nd a peoe's worlassembly ill arisfrom ourwn ranks "to it. cause wean be served bnothing ss." arry) we i was htled out and,pposite, saazac is ving the me speecin frenc

(gar) d then wtook ove we had smany peoe waing to sak in th balcony that we terruptethat seson foa full hr. that wenall overhe world (repter) "at recent tting of the us generaassembly n astoniing outbst fr mr. gar davis known asorld citen no1." oung gar shouts t) "iass the rd to thpeople!" well..we knew had to en bigge wead to pl a big, g... spectalar show toreak theogjam... whenhat voteame up in the geral assbly. weented thbiggest halln paris, caed the vodrome diver. t vélodro d'hiveris theadison sare rden of ris. anwe renteit on the d of decber hold thmeeting the 9th impossie task toill thatall in fe days! they p me in aittle ro and i s doing speech. ying to arn it.

d the otr speake wentp to thelatform. wh i went , i was ought upto thihuge amptheater, ani was ablutely snned... byhe numbeof peoplthere! it was0,000 pele!! life magine did big spre on this th a chanttarted slly buildg... "garry..davis... rry... dis..." i an i'm ud to appuse... but th was a shkwave ofound! oaring alause ancheers] my es get de my han rise inhe a... my fts clencd xcited suts of "garry dis"]i'm tan in! [shoutinin frenc "freedo"] i was taken in by the incredible [cheers, huge applause] thrust of power! began toose myse inhis kindf mass rction. t mass per is li a drug! for brief moment, i rely gave in the cro's...

adoratn. then you draw back fearful of what... the veryhing we' belling ainst-- givingower to e person happeni! so, i s, you kw, teified, trified! and en speak aftespeaker. erybody'restive,wants hear wh the predent the unid nation said abo making ace. we, finallit came. and here one of t things said. he sai "as fore... "iould be full agement ith the timateoal of wor federion and of world citenship." the ha erupts cheers! e letterontinues "indeed the charter itself... stipulated... hat the eat powe wod make pce...

nd that e primarfunction the unid nation wod be to intain ternatiol peace. once thihas beenade." to the public, this washeer gobedygook! who thhell can ma peace tn? if thenited naons can' ke peacend admitit whis to ma peace?! natis can't ke peace they makwar! the crowreacts..in a fur [clar of dispointmen a yog guy... s eyes rlly wildyou know ha streami heushes thugh our curity jumps on thspeaker'platform anhe appea to me: "we artired ofere word "you'ra man ofction... "lead us "we willollow yo tell uwhat to !!" young pele, younpeople.. and erybody'going ye applause hey, iidn't kn how to answethat. he was dng what did the unid nation