This is NOW!

They took over the banks,

And I didn’t speak up because my bank was secure.

They took over the auto industry,

And I didn’t speak up because my car is paid in full.

They took over the tax system,

And I didn’t speak up because I pay my taxes.

They took over healthcare,

And I didn’t speak up because I’m healthy.

They took over the media,

And I didn’t speak up because I have the Internet.

Then they took over the justice system,

And by that time no one was left to speak up.

Revision of Niemoellar quote

IT'S TIME TO SPEAK UP!!!!

This was then:

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.

Martin Niemoellar, 1945

(1892-1984)

Lutheran Pastor