Who are the voiceless and the oppressed?
Who needs me to defend them?
What can I do?
 How can I do it?

In Germany 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 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. 

Pastor Martin Niemöller 1892-1984.     (An opponent and victim of the Nazi regime)

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