42 Quotes by Martin Niemöller

Tell me how much you have entered into the suffering of those around you, and I will tell you how much you love them.

What does it matter how we look in Germany compared to how we look in heaven?

In Germany they came first for the Communists,and I didn't speak upbecause I wasn't a Communist.Then they came for the Jews,and I didn't speak upbecause I wasn't a Jew.Then they came for the trade unionists,and I didn't speak upbecause I wasn't a trade unionist.Then they came for the Catholics,and I didn't speak upbecause I was a Protestant.Then they came for me,and by that time no one was leftto speak up for me.

Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,habe ich geschwiegen;ich war ja kein Kommunist.Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,habe ich geschwiegen;ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,habe ich nicht protestiert;ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.Als sie die Juden holten,habe ich geschwiegen;ich war ja kein Jude.Als sie mich holten,gab es keinen mehr, der protestierte.

Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist.

For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man.

That which does not kill you will ultimately make you stronger.