Full Speed Ahead

An oft-cited but particularly cutting-edge quote, which seems more like an aphorism to me. It's one of my favorite quotes because it captures part of what lies at the heart of my own personal philosophy - that is, the mindset I try to keep in play 24/7. The words are those of Reverend Martin Niemoller, and the year was 1945.

"First they 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 Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me."