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.

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 for me.

—Attributed to Martin Niemöller (1892–1984),
anti-Nazi German pastor