"In Germany the 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 union-
ists, 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 Niemoller)
"If we had lived in the days of our
fathers we would not have taken part
with them in shedding the blood of
the prophets."
(Matthew 23)
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