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title: "Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What…"
date: 2018-10-01
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships updated his status.
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# Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What…

*October 1, 2018 · Facebook*

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Roper: So now you\'d give the Devil benefit of law!\
More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?\
Roper: I\'d cut down every law in England to do that!\
More: 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\'s 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 --- d\'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.\
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\-- Robert Bolt
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