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Pastor Neimoller a doctor in Nazi Germany wrote the following poem prior to World War II. It has a message that we need to consider today.

In Germany they first came 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 Unionist,

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....

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