"First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me."

在德国，起初他们(纳粹)追杀共产主义者，我不是共产主义者，我没吭声；接者他们追杀犹太人，我不是犹太人，我没吭声；后来他们追杀工会会员，我不是工会会员，我没吭声……最后他们奔我而来，再也没有人站起来为我说话了。

————美国波士顿犹太人屠杀纪念碑上，德国神父马丁.尼莫拉留下的忏悔之语