First they came for the communists,
Martin Niemoeller
First they came for the communists,
and I did not speak out--
because I was not a communist;
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.