War for the sake of war is sin, but war for the sake of defense is duty. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
War is a plague it destroys states it destroys religion it destroys families — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Without armaments peace cannot be kept; wars are waged not only to repel injustice but also to establish a firm peace. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Though we be active in the battle, if we are not fighting where the battle is the hottest, we are traitors to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Ultimately, however, conflict lies not in objective reality, but in people's heads. Truth is simple one argument - perhaps a good one,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If any earthly institution or custom conflicts with God's will, it is your Christian duty to oppose it. You must never allow… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
We come to the New Testament, where again a host of imperative verbs is mustered in support of that miserable bondage of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Dear rulers ... I maintain that the civil authorities are under obligation to compel the people to send their children to school.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
