Resist the commencements

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 me— and there was no one left to speak out.

Martin Niemöller – German theologian and resistance fighter against Nationalsocialism (1892-1984), Quotations book 2007