From speeches by Pastor Martin Niemoller, 1946-1979.
First they came for the Communists,
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the Socialists,
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me,
And there was no one left,
To speak out for me.
Acknowledgement: http://marcuse.faculty.history.ucsb.edu/niem.htm
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