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My Favorite Quote and Its New Adaptation

 
 
Suzette
 
Reply Sat 15 Nov, 2003 07:12 am
Many of us know the following quote, by the Rev. Martin Niemöller:

"When they came for the communists,
I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist.
When they came for the Jews,
I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
When they came for the Catholics.
I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me...
and there was no one left to speak up."


and recent events have spawned a new version, without attribution:


"When they came for the 4th amendment,
I kept silent because I am not a drug user.
When they came for the 5th amendment,
I kept silent because I am innocent.
When they came for the 2nd amendment,
I kept silent because I do not own a gun.
When they took the 1st amendment,
I could no longer speak out."
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Sat 15 Nov, 2003 08:09 am
well said and might i salute you with, may your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
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PDiddie
 
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Reply Sat 15 Nov, 2003 08:11 am
Stop bogarting the peace pipe, dyslexia.

Oh, and welcome to A2K, Suze.
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Suzette
 
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Reply Sat 15 Nov, 2003 08:20 am
1. Thank you, dyslexia, I think.

2. Your welcome to A2K, PDiddie, is most appreciated.
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