Now, Sir Thomas, you stand on your silence. I do. what do we hear? Silence. What does it...
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Cromwell:
Now, Sir Thomas, you stand on your silence.
Sir Thomas More:
I do.
Cromwell:
But, gentlemen of the jury, there are many kinds of silence. Consider first the silence of a man who is dead. Let us suppose we go into the room where he is laid out, and we listen: what do we hear? Silence. What does it betoken, this silence? Nothing; this is silence pure and simple. But let us take another case. Suppose I were to take a dagger from my sleeve and make to kill the prisoner with it; and my lordships there, instead of crying out for me to stop, maintained their silence. That would betoken! It would betoken a willingness that I should do it, and under the law, they will be guilty with me. So silence can, according to the circumstances, speak! Let us consider now the circumstances of the prisoner's silence. The oath was put to loyal subjects up and down the country, and they all declared His Grace's title to be just and good. But when it came to the prisoner, he refused! He calls this silence. Yet is there a man in this court - is there a man in this country! - who does not know Sir Thomas More's opinion of this title?
Crowd in court gallery:
No!
Cromwell:
Yet how can this be? Because this silence betokened, nay, this silence was, not silence at all, but most eloquent denial!
Sir Thomas More:
Not so. Not so, Master Secretary. The maxim is "Qui tacet consentire": the maxim of the law is "Silence gives consent". If therefore you wish to construe what my silence betokened, you must construe that I consented, not that I denied.
Cromwell:
Is that in fact what the world construes from it? Do you pretend that is what you wish the world to construe from it?
Sir Thomas More:
The world must construe according to its wits; this court must construe according to the law.
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So Sir Thomas
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you stand on your silence
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I do
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But gentlemen of the jury
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there are many kinds of silence
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Consider first the silence of a man when he is dead
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Suppose we go into the room where he is laid out and we listen
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What do we hear
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Silence
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What does it betoken this silence
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Nothing This is silence pure and simple
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But let us take another case
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Suppose I were to take a dagger from my sleeve
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and make to kill the prisoner with it
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And my lordships there instead of crying out for me to stop maintain their silence
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That would betoken
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It would betoken a willingness that I should do it
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And under the law they would be guilty with me
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So silence can according to the circumstances
Clip duration: 58 seconds
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Timestamp in movie: 01h 47m 00s
Uploaded: 27 November, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, history
Summary: The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
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00:13 I trust I make myself obscure
00:20 You're a constant regret to me
00:30 I would be faithful
00:12 Your life lies in your own hands
00:33 I am commanded by the King to be brief
00:22 I chose the right man for chancellor
00:15 Thing out there
00:21 I have evidence that Sir Thomas
01:12 Does a man need a Pope to tell him where he's sinned
00:24 Have I your word that what we say here is between us two
00:14 You crossed him
00:15 The nobility of England
01:12 Since the Court has determined to condemn me
00:16 You'd like that
00:35 The King wants Sir Thomas to bless his marriage
00:11 You should have been a cleric
00:12 Death comes for us all
00:36 That couldn't be
00:11 I know a man who wants to change his woman
00:38 I have no queen