Here I Stand

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Here I Stand may refer to:

  • "Here I stand, I can do no other, God help me." - according to tradition, Martin Luther's conclusion to his speech at the Diet of Worms. (The spokesman for Emperor Charles V had asked if he would recant his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church and his doctrinal theses.) The German original of the phrase is "Hier stehe ich; ich kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir! Amen." Many scholars are convinced that these words were never actually said, since they do not appear in any contemporary accounts of the Diet.
  • Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, a biography published by Roland Bainton in 1950
  • Here I Stand has been the title of other biographies about Martin Luther.
  • Here I Stand, an autobiography published by Paul Robeson in 1959
  • Here I Stand, a DVD released in 1999 about the life of Paul Robeson