Thursday, July 9, 2020

FIRST THEY CAME




At times like this, it is always useful to remember the poem written by Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) about the cowardice of German intellectuals following the Nazis’ rise to power and subsequent purging of their chosen targets, group after group.

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist...


“Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Trade Unionist...


“Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew...


“Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”



1 comment:

  1. Always impressed by your multimedia prowess, Will. Maybe someone will turn to you amid remote schooling for some online standards we can believe in

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