| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 37025 |
| QUOTATION: | I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Martin Luther (1483–1546), German leader of the Protestant Reformation. Speech, April 18, 1521, at the Diet of Worms, Germany.
Where he was summoned by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in an attempt to effect a conciliation between Luther and the established Church; the words, “Here I stand, I can do no other”Madded in Luther’s handwriting to the original printed version of the speech—were later inscribed on the monument to Luther at Worms: Hier steh’ ich, ich kann nicht anders. |
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