First they came 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 Catholics, and I didn’t speak up,
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left
to speak up for me.
Alguns processos rumo ao autoritarismo só podem ser travados se a maior parte dos indivíduos tiver coragem nos pequenos momentos. De qualquer das formas, quem não tiver coragem para os pequenos momentos, dificilmente a terá para os grandes.