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Originally Posted by chadknowslaw
"First they came for the communists, but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then, they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up."
Martin Niemöller, a pastor in Germany before and during World War II
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That is a great quote - but remember, historically speaking, the real "first" the Nazi's went after were the pornographers and the gays.