Martin Niemöller: FIRST THEY CAME

FIRST THEY CAME   

First they came for the Communists 

And I did not speak out

 Because I was not a Communist 

Then 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 

Then they came for the Jews 

And I did not speak out 

Because I was not a Jew 

Then they came for me 

And there was no one left 

To speak out for me. 

— Martin Niemöller