A Man for All Seasons - Debate on Morality and Law
Alice More:
Arrest him!
More:
Why, what has he done?
Margaret More:
He's bad!
More:
There is no law against that.
Will Roper:
There is! God's law!
More:
Then God can arrest him.
Alice:
While you talk, he's gone!
More:
And go he should, if he was the Devil himself, until he broke the law!
Roper:
So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law!
More:
Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
Roper:
I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
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—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.
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The Elephant Man - Searching for Mr. Merrick's Whereabouts
Dr. Frederick Treves:
(To Jim in the furnace room) Where is he? Where's Mr. Merrick?
Jim:
I don't know what you mean, sir.
Dr. Frederick Treves:
DON'T LIE TO ME!! I know all about it, you were seen! You're involved with Bytes, aren't you? You've taken him. WHERE. IS. HE?
Jim:
Now, wait a minute. I haven't taken him anywhere. I don't know no Bytes. We were just having a bit of fun. We never hurt him. You know, just having a laugh, that's all.
Dr. Frederick Treves:
(Shoves Jim to a wall) YOU BASTARD! HE'S GONE!!!
Jim:
When I left him, he was in bed safe and sound!
Dr. Frederick Treves:
YOU BASTARD! (Shoves Jim, making him knock over a table with plates) YOU BASTARD!!
Jim:
You're not listening to me! I told you, I don't know no Bytes! I ain't done nothing wrong! People pay money to see your monster, Mr. Treves. I collect it.
Dr. Frederick Treves:
YOU'RE THE MONSTER! YOU'RE THE... FREAK! NOW, GET OUT! YOU'RE FINISHED, DAMN YOU!
Jim:
(Picks up a fire poker) You don't frighten me, you and your bleedin Elephant Man. I'm glad what I done, and you can do nothing about it. Only Mothershead can sack me now!
Mothershead:
(Comes up behind him and knocks him out with a package) Done.
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