Martin Luther
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What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church ... a lie out of necessity, a useful lie, a helpful lie, such lies would not be against God, he would accept them. ✨ Martin Luther, cited by his secretary, in a letter in Max Lenz, ed., Briefwechsel Landgraf Philips des Grossmuthigen von Hessen mit Bucer, vol. 1; in Lying: Moral Choice In Public and Private Life‎ by Sissela Bok, New York: Pantheon Books, (p. 47), 1978.

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