October 23, 2013

Planted thick with laws from coast to coast — man's laws, not God's


Below is an excerpt from 'Man For All Seasons' writen by Robert Bolt which explains the primacy of man's law, over God's.
William Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! 
Thomas More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? 
William Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! 
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's 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 — d'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."


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