Looking Back - Martin Luther (Beer)

"Do you suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused? Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women? The sun, the moon, and the stars have been worshiped. Shall we then pluck them out of the sky? ... See how much He has been able to accomplish through me, though I did no more than pray and preach. The Word did it all. Had I wished I might have started a conflagration [huge destructive fire] at Worms. But while I sat still and drank beer with Philip and Amsdorf, God dealt the papacy a mighty blow."

~ Martin Luther