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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.
Martin Niemöller
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by Martin Niemöller Poem posted in Poems (Author's Poems)
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat...
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I began my political responsibility as an ultra-conservative. I wanted the Kaiser to come back; and now I am a revolutionary. I really mean that. If I live to be a hundred I shall maybe be an anarchist, for an anarchist wants to do without all government.
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For politicians truth and falsehood are unimportant. So I never could become a politician, not even a church politician.
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I am now convinced that the Reformation of the church will come from the east. In the west there is no spiritual life. (I'm speaking of the Protestant church and not the Roman Catholic church.) We have civilisation and we try to keep up culture, but we have no spiritual life. The east has a spiritual life. They know that colour influences the spirit more than black lines. In Russia there is...