They came for the 5th Amendment <br />I did not speak <br />For I had not been arrested <br /> <br />They came for the 4th Amendment <br />I did not speak <br />For I had not been searched <br /> <br />They came for the 3rd Amendment <br />I did not speak <br />For I had not offered quartering <br /> <br />They came for the 2nd Amendment <br />I did not speak <br />For I did not own weapons <br /> <br />They came for the 1st Amendment <br />I did not speak <br />For I never spoke out<br /><br />Joseph Alexander Shofner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/they-came-for-the-5th-amendment/
