world nowadays.

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.
                                                  
-Martin Niemoeller