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Sunday, October 28, 2018

and there was no one left to speak for me.

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 (1892-1984), Lutheran Minister and early Nazi supporter
who was later imprisoned for opposing Hitler's regime

-- as quoted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC.

--   Sent from my Linux system.

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