Barbara W. Tuchman Quote

Charles’s old ally Don Enrique, King of Castile, also died before taking sides, and his son, Juan I, though heavily pressed by Charles V to support Clement, preferred to maintain neutrality, saying that, while faithful to the French alliance, he could not go against the conscience of his subjects. Common people, nobility, clerics, learned men, he wrote, were all Urbanist. What government, O wise prince, he pointedly inquired of Charles, has ever succeeded in triumphing over public conscience supported by reason? What punishments are available to subjugate a free soul?