My silences have not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Then they came for the Jews and I didn't speak up - because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for me - and by that time no one was left to speak up. The existence of rights. Please log in or join the editorial collective . This discussion has been archived.