Martin Niemoeller

In Germany they came first for the Communists, 
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. 
Then they came for the Jews, 
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. 
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 Catholics, 
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me, 
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)