these words are a paraphrasing of the famous words from
Martin Niemöller,
an anti-Hitler, German Christian pastor:
"First, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I wasn’t a trade unionist, so I didn’t speak out.
Then they came for the Jews.
I wasn’t a Jew so I didn’t speak out.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one to speak for me.”
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8/22/17
2:01am
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...
Aug 22, 2017
Aug 22, 2017 at 2:10 AM UTC
these words are a paraphrasing of the famous words from
Martin Niemöller,
an anti-Hitler, German Christian pastor:
"First, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I wasn’t a trade unionist, so I didn’t speak out.
Then they came for the Jews.
I wasn’t a Jew so I didn’t speak out.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one to speak for me.”
<?>
8/22/17
2:01am
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...
A Love Poem?
Oh yes, surely, is not written, love thy neighbor as you love thyself
~~~
17[a] You must not hate your brother in your heart.
/ [17b] You must surely reprove your fellow citizen
/ [17c] so that you do not incur sin on account of him.
18[a] You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people,
/ [18b] but you must love your neighbor as yourself.
/ [18c] I am the LORD.
— Leviticus 19:17-18
