The Right of the People Peaceably to Assemble and Petition the Government

Courtesy of Jesse’s Cafe Americain 

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. 

First 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 for me.

Martin Niemöller