first they came for the communists
and i did not speak out -
because I was not a communist

then they came for the jews
and i did not speak out -
because I was not a jew

then they came for the trade unionists
and i did not speak out -
because I was not a trade unionist

next they came for the catholics
and i did not speak out -
because i was not a catholic

then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me

~ Pastor Niemoeller, political prisoner of the Nazis ~


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