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 Unionist.

They they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-

because I was not a Jew.

And then they came for me-

and there was no one left to speak for me.

-Martin Niemöller, on the Nazis and the church and intellectual community's lack of action.