Martin Niemöller Quote

Ask the first man you meet what he means by defending freedom, and he'll tell you privately he means defending the standard of living.


address at Augsburg, January 1958; James Bentley Martin Niemöller (1984)


Ask the first man you meet what he means by defending freedom, and he'll tell you privately he means defending the standard of living.

Ask the first man you meet what he means by defending freedom, and he'll tell you privately he means defending the standard of living.

Ask the first man you meet what he means by defending freedom, and he'll tell you privately he means defending the standard of living.

Ask the first man you meet what he means by defending freedom, and he'll tell you privately he means defending the standard of living.