https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:28:06 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/bolt-robert/75813/ https://wist.info/bolt-robert/75813/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:47:35 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=75813 MORE: Well … I believe, when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their own public duties … they lead their country by a short route to chaos.

Robert Bolt (1924–1995) English dramatist
A Man for All Seasons, play, Act 1 (1960)

Speaking to Wolsey about why he opposes Henry taking a new wife, even if the alternative is another civil war.

Bolt's 1966 film adaptation uses nearly the same line (starting out with "Well ... I thin that when ..."). (Video (Source); dialog verified.) ]]> https://wist.info/bolt-robert/75813/feed/ 0 75813