First they came...

Very good poem written by Pastor Martin Niemöller that will probably apply to every era.

They came first 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 unionists
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

Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up