Then they came for me

Dec 11, 2006

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First they came for the Communists,
and I didnâ€™t speak up,
because I wasnâ€™t a Communist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didnâ€™t speak up,
because I wasnâ€™t a Jew.

Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didnâ€™t speak up,
because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.

by Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945