Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before …

Martin Luther
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Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor; and whoever is the first to put him to death does right and well. Therefore let everyone who can, smite, slay and stab, secretly or openly, remembering that nothing can be more poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a rebel. ✨ Martin Luther, Jene M. Porter (1974). Luther: Selected Political Writings, Philadelphia : Fortress Press
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