One of the very first pieces of verse that I ever memorized was this, from Pastor Martin Neimoller:
“First they came for the Communists / and I did not speak out / because I was not a Communist.
“Then 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...