Why Help Those Who Can't Help Themselves

If compassion is not your thing, maybe logic is. People who think that they need not speak up or step up for things that "don't concern them" should learn from the words of a poet of the last century. When I am asked why I do what I do at great financial cost and time to me, my answer is always: How could I not do it. I share one of my favorite poems with you.

First They Came - Pastor Martin Niemoller

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
First they came for the Socialist
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
First they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
First 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