But Not When They Came For Me

By Lakmali Hemachandra -June 22, 2013 

Lakmali Hemachandra

First they came for the communists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.

Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.

-          Martin Niemoller

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