Cowardice

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COWARDICE: First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - for I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out - for I was not a trade unionist.Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out. (Martin Niemoller, German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, 1892-1984)
COWARDICE: First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - for I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out - for I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out. (Martin Niemoller, German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, 1892-1984)
COWARDICE: To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)
COWARDICE: First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - for I was not a socialistThen they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out - for I was not a trade unionistThen they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a JewThen they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out. (Martin Niemoller, German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, 1892-1984)
COWARDICE: To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and poet, 1850-1919)
COWARDICE: There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. (Mark Twain, U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)