Thursday, September 16, 2021

Need to see this one again.

"So now you give the Devil the benefit of law!"

"Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?"

"Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!"

"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!"

 

2 comments:

  1. One of my favorite quotes from my most favorite movie of all time.

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  2. Completely out of step with our times-Thank God! What a brilliant screen play!

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