I just watched Turley’s opening statement. He concluded with a line from one of my favorite movies, “A Man For All Seasons,” as said by the British actor Paul Scofield in the role of Sir Thomas More (Scofield won the Best Actor Award for his performance). Very powerful.
This speech from that great movie also is applicable to this sham.
William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!”
Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?”
William Roper: “Yes, I’d cut down every law in England to do that!”
Sir Thomas 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 is 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, do 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!”