First They Came

They came for the communist, and I didn't object - For I wasn't communist;
They came for the socialist, and I didn't object - For I wasn't socialist;
They came for the labour leaders, and I didn't object - For I wasn't a labour leader;
They came for the Jew, and I didn't object - For I wasn't a Jew;
They came for me, and I didn't object - And there was non one left to object.

Martin Neimoller,
German Protestant Pastor, 1892-1984