"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."

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Also see Erich von Dietze, "Hope Does Not Disappoint": Honouring the 70th Anniversary of the Death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Bonhoeffer Legacy: Australasian Journal of Bonhoeffer Studies 3 (1) (ATF Press, 2015), fn 8: "While commonly attributed to Bonhoeffer, the origin of this quote remains uncertain."