Tuesday, April 29, 2008

First they came...



FIRST THEY CAME for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.

THEN THEY CAME for the Trade Unionists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Trade Unionist.

THEN THEY CAME for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

THEN THEY CAME for me,
and there was no one left to speak up for me.

2 comments:

  1. great thought. who wrote this?

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  2. A poem attributed to Martin Niemöller.
    Look into this page for details
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came

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