we\u2019re rated below Jews, Catholics, Evangelicals, Buddhists, and Hindus<\/a>. \u00a0In other words, we\u2019re not sitting so securely in American society that we might not be next. \u00a0And there are plenty of folks out there \u2014 you don\u2019t have to look very far to find them \u2014 who deny that \u201cLD$ Inc.,\u201d as they term it, is a genuine religion.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out\u2014
\nBecause I was not a Socialist.<\/i><\/p>\n
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out\u2014<\/i>
\nBecause I was not a Trade Unionist.<\/i><\/p>\n
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out\u2014<\/i>
\nBecause I was not a Jew.<\/i><\/p>\n
Then they came for me\u2014and there was no one left to speak for me.<\/i><\/p>\n
Pastor Martin Niem\u00f6ller (1892-1984)<\/p>\n
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