"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."
~ Martin Niemoller
Those of the House and Those of the Field
Submitted by Sharon Secor on Mon, 2013-09-09 01:00
Malcolm X is the person I respect most in the twentieth century. When I listen to this speech, and I often do, I always substitute statist for “house negro” and those who love liberty for “field negro.” Listen to this speech in the context of today, of who seeks to control and who seeks to shake off that control.
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