42 Quotes by Martin Niemöller

We have no more thought of using our own powers to escape the arm of authorities than had the Apostles of old. No more are we ready to keep silent at man's behest when God commands us to speak. For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man.

There was no one left to speak for me

We had been frightened of atomic weapons since 1945. In those days I became convinced and remain convinced now that, after Hitler , Truman was the greatest murderer in the world.

For politicians truth and falsehood are unimportant. So I never could become a politician not even a church politician.

One thing is clear, the president of North Vietnam is not a fanatic. He is a very strong and determined man, but capable of listening, something that is very rare in a person of his position.

When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist.

Don't let your life wait for other people.

More than fifty-five years ago my father told me, "The Bible does not belong on the shelf but in your hand, under your eye, and in your heart."

If your intuition is telling you not to do something, then don't. Your intuition is not stupid.