When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn’t a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...

* A poem originally written in Nazi Germany but that has since been used on pages all over the web that promoted and supported the Electronic Frontier’s Foundation’s Freedom of speech campaign and in many human rights/liberties related campaigns