“You threaten like a dockside bully.” – Sir Thomas More, A Man for All Seasons ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from A Man for All Seasons 1966

Sir Thomas More

You threaten like a dockside bully.

Thomas Cromwell

How should I threaten?

More

Like a minister of state, with justice.

Cromwell

Oh, justice is what you're threatened with.

More

Then I am not threatened.

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Sir Thomas More Paul Scofield More Sir Thomas More quotes →

Cromwell Leo McKern More Thomas Cromwell quotes →

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