First They Came For The Communists

Came across this poem in a friend's blog. Really struck by it. Thought it would be good to share with all.

What does one do when one perceives injustice, or witnesses unjust turn of events? Sit around, discuss and wait? Or should not one take the further step to voice it out, to point it out, to even go to the source of the injustice? At least, one would have tried. Speak Out.

First they came 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 Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.

by Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945