Please complete this saying

I have heard this saying a few times but do not know it word for word, if any one knows it and any info on who said it would be appreciated thankyou


I did not worry when the Nazis came for the Jews because I am not Jewish
I didn’t worry when they came for ?????
Then they came for me.

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

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Thanks for posting that 'anxietydisorder!
Never heard of that, nice!
And thanks to iammonkey for not remembering the saying!

I also like the dying on one's feet!


helen

Words worth remembering and holding close to your heart.
None of us know when they will come for us, so it's up to us to speak out at any injustice.

Originally posted by anxietydisorder
Words worth remembering and holding close to your heart.
None of us know when they will come for us, so it's up to us to speak out at any injustice.

Wise words ad. Extremely well said.

Thank you so very much anxieydisorder, A star for you (if it would let me)

[edit on 26/2/08 by iammonkey]

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Thanks for that quote!


I thought I'd say something about this;

" When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew. "


well, this quote;

" I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan "

is more pertinent to that, than you can even imagine.


There are true Israelites, who are not talked about, and there are squatters, who have adopted the name but the similarity ends there.

Let me say one more thing, that Queen Victoria claimed to trace her lineage all the way back to King David.

So, if the Queen is a true Israelite and it sure seems so, as well as being german, then , how can that be?

Who will check it out?

My last word for now is, as a whole, most of us do not know the difference between the two groups at all

and for anyone curious enough to follow this lead, they will discover something quite extra ordinary.