First they came...

First they came for the communists
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the socialists

and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

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 wasn't a Catholic.

Then they came for me

and there was no one left to speak for me.

 

Martin Niemoller