Sapere Aude
Jul 27, 2017 · 1 min read

“Your ignorance on corruption is their power.” — unattributed

“People would rather believe than know.” — Edward O. Wilson

“First they came for the Illegals, Undocumented and Migrants.
- And I did not speak out because I was not an Illegal, Undocumented or a Migrant.

“Then they came for the LGBTQs.
- And I did not speak out because I was heterosexual.

“Then they came for the Poor, Homeless, Elderly, Disabled and Those Without Family Or Friends.
- And I did not speak out because I was not Poor, Homeless, Elderly, Disabled, and I had Family And Friends.

“Then they came for the Minorities, and People of ‘The Wrong Skin Color’. - And I did not speak out, because my skin was ‘The White Color’.

“Then they came for those who were not of the right Religious Beliefs, Political or Philosophical Persuasions.

“And I did not speak out.

“I looked the other way.

- “But then. They came for me.

“And there was no one left to speak for me.”

— (liberties taken from the original author, Martin Niemöller

“Wait has almost always meant never.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.