First they came for the Communists; I did not speak because I was not a Communist.  Then they came for the Jews; I did not speak because I was not a Jew.  Then they came to fetch the workers, members of trade unions; I did not speak because I was not a trade unionist.  Afterwards, they came for the Catholics; I did not say anything because I was a Protestant.  Eventually they came for me, and there was no one left to speak.

         Martin Niemöller, Dachau, 1942

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.  

         Robert Ingersoll

It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.  

         Carl T. Rowan

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul. 

         Mahatma Gandhi