“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.”-- Rev. Martin Niemoller (1892-1984) The history of human freedom is long, tortuous, and not gratifying. It consists essentially in governments trampling the...
