Margaret More Quotes in A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Margaret More: Father, that man's bad.

Sir Thomas More: There's no law against that.

William Roper: There is: God's law.

Sir Thomas More: Then God can arrest him.

Sir Thomas More: [in his prison cell] ... If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that abhorrence, anger, pride, and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice, and thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little - even at the risk of being heroes...

Margaret More: [crying] But in reason! Haven't you done as much as God can reasonably want?

Sir Thomas More: ...Well, finally... it isn't a matter of reason. Finally, it's a matter of love.

[devoutly Catholic Thomas More has come upon his daughter Margaret keeping company, unchaperoned, with Will Roper, a young Protestant]

Margaret More: Will wants to marry me, Father.

Sir Thomas More: [hands on hips] Well, he can't.