[silverleaf]

“First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because 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 for me.”

Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)

about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.

[Jess Kitting]

“First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because 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 for me.”

Problem is, today it is the communists, socialists, and trade unionists who are doing the "coming and taking."

I doubt they were ever the victims, but they are certainly the aggressors now.