I couldn't read what you wrote today, Will, without thinking of this man's experience, and how he reflected back on it in subsequent years.
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
It is indeed so SO easy to shrug one's shoulders...
I couldn't read what you wrote today, Will, without thinking of this man's experience, and how he reflected back on it in subsequent years.
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
It is indeed so SO easy to shrug one's shoulders...