I would rather have my tongue cut out than retract a single syllable.
Leader of the Protestant Reformation
I would rather have my tongue cut out than retract a single syllable.
Leader of the Protestant Reformation
Diet of Worms (attributed, exact wording varies in accounts)
1521
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"I am a worm and no man."
Humorous"You Mr pope. are a brothel keeper. and the devil's daughter in hell."
Controversial"Fifthly, passport and traveling privileges should be absolutely forbidden to the Jews. For they have no business in the countryside, since they are not farmers or craftsmen or merchants, but only usur…"
Shocking"It is not the business of the government to preach the gospel."
Strange & Unusual"The human heart is like a millstone in a mill: when you put wheat under it, it turns and grinds and makes flour; if you put no wheat, it still grinds on, but then 'tis itself it grinds away."
Strange & Unusual