“THINK FOR YOURSELF”
— Every propaganda poster ever
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.
Silence in the face of injustice is complicity. History teaches us that those who fail to defend the vulnerable when they can eventually find no one to defend them.
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