First they came for the communists,
and I did not speak up,
because I wasn't a communist.

 

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Jew.

 

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I did not speak up
because I wasn't a trade unionist.

 

Then they came for the Catholics,
and I did not speak up
because I was a Protestant.

 

Then they came for me,
and and by that time
no one was left to speak up.

 

 

 

~ Pastor Martin Niemöller
 
 
 

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