First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then 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 out for me
I changed it a little when writing for dramatic purposes as well as not remembering verbatim
I believe it’s more like “and no one was left to protect me” but I could be very wrong
Well the original poem goes
I changed it a little when writing for dramatic purposes as well as not remembering verbatim
By Martin Niemöller. Wikipedia has an article about it, too