Quote:So we allow the CIA to pick up people and torture them. I'm sure some of you have read this before:


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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.



The point is, if you start giving up human rights, even if it's someone else's human rights, eventually you will give up your own human rights.