Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Words for Thought


First they came for the Communists,
     and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Communist

Then they came for the Trade Unionists,
     and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Trade Unionist

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

Then they came for the Catholics,
     and I didn't speak out because I was Protestant

Then they came for me,
     and there was no one left to speak out for me.

-Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)