Standing Up For Other's Rights

No matter the circumstance, every person has certain unalienable rights. Meaning that a person’s rights and freedoms cannot be taken away based on a quality that they have, whether the characteristic be by choice or not. On the occasion of an egotistical, prejudice leader, it is common to have certain liberties of social groups, religions, or political parties taken away in order to keep that leader in power. It is in this instance when the assistance of other groups under possible threat to join together and uprise against the attacked groups. This would be efficient because the uprise would be more effective if there were a higher number of people and more ability to influence the subjective. Standing up for other’s rights is just as important as standing up for your own, for when you are then in need, they will return the favor.

If they don't speak up against injustice for others because they don't think they are one of them, then there should be no expectation of sympathy or help. The speaker knew what was happening was wrong but didn't try to stop it; when it was his turn to suffer there was no one left but him and so none to speak. The other meaning behind the quote is that if a person allows a certain group to be picked off, they are just as bad as the ones doing the persecution. A group or a person who does anything but speak up against crime and oppression is just as unethical as the person who is doing the maltreatment. Watching a crime take place, and doing nothing to stop it is just as bad as committing the crime