Maximilan I Quotes
… a punishment for blasphemers.
After this statement, he himself contracted syphilis.
Maximilian I, 1459-1519, King of Germany & Holy Roman Emperor, Description for syphilis
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At one level this quotation shows that Congress made the rules and regulations of the armed forces and not the Commander in Chief or the General Officers. But the quotation is important for several other reasons. First, it is the first federal attempt to regulate alcohol and drinking. It is also what we would regard today as a severe infringement of freedom of speech. Politically, it was very hard for any member of Congress not to support legislation to prevent blasphemy. But these and other examples of over a decade of the Continental Congress legislation persuaded most Americans that Congress was not to be trusted to protect their rights and there was a real need for a Bill of Rights so that much of the early activity of the Continental Congress would not continue.
Innovator in this sense refers to one who innovates within Islam—who tries to change or reform the religion departing from the original message of the Prophet.
Answer to criticism that beheading was a violation of the Declaration of Human Rights stricture against cruel and unusual punishment.
He had whipped the crowd up into a feverish pitch until someone rushed the bound and tied blacksmith and stabbed him to death. He had only criticized Mathias for being too harsh and stern a leader.
