[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

A scared population is a population that will comply with whatever is asked of them unquestioningly.

First 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 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 for me.



Martin Niemöller (1946)