'All that is necessary for evil
to succeed is for good men to do nothing.'
Attributed to Edmund Burke 1729-1797
According
to Harry
W. Mazal,
Pastor Martin Niemoller (1892-1984)
activist and survivor of Dachau concentration camp exact words
reported in Congressional Record 14, October 1968, page 31636
:
When Hitler attacked the Jews I was not a Jew, therefore
I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics,
I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned.
And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists,
I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned.
Then Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church -- and there
was nobody left to be concerned.
