Martin Luther Quotes
The mad mob does not ask how it could be better, only that it be different. And when it then becomes worse, it must change again. Thus they get bees for flies, and at last hornets for bees.
Luther, Martin. Luther's Works, Vol. 46: Christian in Society III. Edited by Robert C. Schultz, Fortress Press, 1967, p. 112.
Referring to the proposed Constitution:
Hamilton was a major political foe of John Adams who wanted to be vice president in 1788. In one of the first "pragmatic" compromises in presidential politics Hamilton supported Adams:. If Adams does not become vice president. i.e. support the opposition party
During the English Civil War, he wrote official news and propaganda for both sides of the conflict. His writings were well known to our founding fathers and John Adams wrote a treatise attacking Nedham’s writings.
After the Dutch Revolution, there were many factions—all against the others in a hyperpartisanship that made constructive politics almost impossible.
China had learned to grow new crops from the Americas and their greater ability to produce food led to large population growth which was straining the other national resources and the economy, technology and government could not handle the growth, producing much unhappiness and discontent.
Martin Luther, O.S.A. was a German professor of theology, priest, author, composer, Augustinian monk, and a seminal figure in the Reformation. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507. He came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church; in particular, he disputed the view on indulgences. Luther proposed an academic discussion of the practice and efficacy of indulgences in his Ninety-five Theses of 1517. His refusal to renounce all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the Holy Roman Emperor.
