“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.
