再也没有人为我说话

当初他们杀共产党，

我没有做声，因为我不是共产党。
后来他们杀犹太人，

我没有做声，因为我不是犹太人。
再接下来他们杀天主教徒，

我没有做声，因为我不是天主教徒。
最后他们奔我而来，

却再也没有人为我说话了。
THEY CAME FIRST for the Communists,

and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
THEN THEY CAME for the Jews,

and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
THEN THEY CAME for the trade unionists,

and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
THEN THEY CAME for me

and by that time no one was left to speak up.
—-Martin Niemöller