In Germany they first 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 trade unionists,
       and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
       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 no one was left to speak up.
美国波士顿犹太人屠丨杀纪念碑上，铭刻着一位名叫马丁·尼莫拉的德国新 教牧师留下的短诗：
在德国，起初他们追杀共产主义者，我没有说话———因为我不是共产主义者；
接着他们追杀犹太人，我没有说话 ———因为我不是犹太人；
后来他们追杀工会成员，我没有说话———因为我不是工会成员；
此后他们追杀天主教徒，我没有说话———因为我是 新教教徒；
最后他们奔我而来，却再也没有人站出来为我说话了。
    
       -- Pastor Martin Niemöller