First they came...

First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up,because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me.

- Pastor Martin Niemöller, "First they came..."