“If the King destroys a man, that's proof to the King that it must...” – Cromwell, A Man for All Seasons ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from A Man for All Seasons 1966

Cromwell Leo McKern

If the King destroys a man, that's proof to the King that it must have been a bad man.

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