"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 the Jews,
I remained silent;
I was not a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out."
「納粹殺共產黨時，
我沒有出聲
——因為我不是共產黨員；
接著他們迫害猶太人，
我沒有出聲
——因為我不是猶太人；
然後他們殺工會成員，
我沒有出聲
——因為我不是工會成員；
後來他們迫害天主教徒，
我沒有出聲
——因為我是新教徒；
最後當他們開始對付我的時候，
已經沒有人能站出來為我發聲了。」
-- Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller. "First they came..."
