“I’d rather be ruled by a competent Turk than an incompetent Christian.”

— Martin Luther

The earliest published source for such a statement yet located is in Pat Robertson — Where He Stands (1988) by Hubert Morken, p. 42, where such a comment is attributed to Luther without citation.
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seminal figure in Protestant Reformation 1483–1546

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