"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
What Does It Mean To Be Free?
Submitted by Westernerd on Thu, 2014-06-12 02:00
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Once a person realizes he’s not free, there is no guarantee, of course, that he’ll choose freedom. But recognition of one’s servitude is obviously an essential prerequisite to achieving one’s freedom. Otherwise, as Goethe suggested, people who falsely believe they are free are doomed to remain in servitude.
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