They Came 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