在波士頓猶太人屠殺紀念碑上,銘刻著這樣一首詩:
They came first 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 was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
在德國,起初他們追殺共產主義者,
我沒有說話,因為我不是共產主義者;
接著他們追殺猶太人,
我沒有說話,因為我不是猶太人;
後來他們追殺工會成員,
我沒有說話,因為我不是工會成員;
此後,他們追殺天主教徒,
我沒有說話,因為我是新教教徒;
最後,他們竟然奔我而來,
卻再也沒有人站起來為我說話了。