First they came for...

First 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 uninist.

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 for me.

Martin Niemöller