Robert Bolt

It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales!

— Robert Bolt

When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his ownself in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then- he needn't hope to find himself again.

— Robert Bolt

When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties they lead their country by a short route to chaos.

— Robert Bolt

Roper:So now youd give the Devil benefit of law![Sir Thomas] More:Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Yes, Id give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safetys sake.

— Robert Bolt

The law is not a light for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.

— Robert Bolt