在美国波士顿犹太人屠杀纪念碑上，铭刻著一位叫马丁-尼莫拉（Martin Niemoller ）的德国新教牧师留下的发人深省的短诗
In Germany they first 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 trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
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 no one was left to speak up.
-- Pastor Martin Niemöller
在德国，
起初他们追杀共产主义者，我没有说话──因为我不是共产主义者；
接著他们追杀犹太人，我没有说话──因为我不是犹太人；
后来他们追杀工会成员，我没有说话──因为我不是工会成员；
此后他们追杀天主教徒，我没有说话── 因为我是新教教徒；
最后他们奔我而来，却再也没有人站起来为我说话了~~
-- 牧师 马丁-尼莫拉