The ass needs to be beaten, and the populace needs to be ruled by force. God knew this well, and therefore he gave the ruler not a fox's tail, but a sword.
Leader of the Protestant Reformation
Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants, 1525
1525
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"Whoever enters into marriage, enters a cloister full of struggles."
Humorous"Seventhly, let the young and strong Jews and Jewesses be given flail, axe, spade, and spindle, and let them earn their bread in the sweat of their brow, as was imposed on Adam's children."
Shocking"The greater the sinner, the greater the grace."
Strange & Unusual"In lying fashion you ignore what even children know."
Humorous"I am a peasant's son; my father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were genuine peasants. So I am a peasant and shall remain one."
Shocking