In Germany, they first came 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 wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up.
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God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.
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Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
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Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.
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