As you make your selection for president, please take a moment to reflect on “they are to blame” lessons from history that prompted Martin Niemoller, a Protestant pastor, to compose his poignant lecture.
“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.”
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