I know a lot of you are saying to yourselves: "He's asking for a miracle to happen. He's expecting people to change all of a sudden."

Well, you're wrong.

It's no miracle. It's no miracle because I see it happen once every year. And so do you. At Christmas time!

There's something swell about the spirit of Christmas, to see what it does to people, all kinds of people . . .

Now, why can't that spirit, that same warm Christmas spirit last the whole year round? Gosh, if it ever did, if each and every John Doe would make that spirit last three hundred and sixty-five days out of the year, we'd develop such a strength, we'd create such a tidal wave of good will, that no human force could stand against it.

Yes, sir, my friends, the meek can only inherit the earth when the John Does start loving their neighbors. You'd better start right now.

Don't wait till the game is called on account of darkness!

Wake up, John Doe! You're the hope of the world!

Gary Cooper in Meet John Doe.

I'm sure Lennon said the same thing, only with more funk.