Enough!
by Dr. Pants on May.06, 2007, under Life and the Universe
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
-Martin Niemöller
3 comments for this entry:
May 8th, 2007 on 11:01 am
I love this
It should be posted every day on a different blog/website.
I will post this today on mine… who’s next?
May 8th, 2007 on 11:06 am
Stand up…
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade u…
May 15th, 2007 on 8:10 pm
Yep… we know the story, but can’t seem to draw the lesson. Weird.