Consequences

Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemoller, 1892 - 1984, a German anti-Nazi Theologian and Lutheran Pastor during the rise of Germany's Adolph Hitler:  

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out -  

Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out -
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out -
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.