‘Spill’ of classified info derails Proud Boys trial
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Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?”
William Roper: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!”
Sir Thomas More: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”
Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
Paul Scofield's delivery of those lines is perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBiLT3LASk
Sounds like something a weakling with no faith would say.
Eh, its a short excerpt from a play. Sir Thomas Moore went willing to his execution rather than compromise his beliefs both in God's law and Man's law. The movie adaption of the play is great and TheRealLiszt's linked to the scene. I recommenced it; don't know if its on any steaming platforms.