How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from A Man for All Seasons.
Quote #7
CROMWELL: Now, we plainly see you are malicious!
MORE: Not so. I am the King's true subject... and I pray for him and all the realm. I do none harm. I say none harm. I think none harm. And if this be not enough to keep a man alive... then in good faith, I long not to live. Nevertheless... it is not for the supremacy that you have sought my blood... but because I would not bend to the marriage!
Finally, after he's convicted, More breaks his silence. He explains that he's not threatening the king's right to rule—he just thinks that the king's marriage is wrong (since it goes against the Pope's ruling). But the king has tied the question of the marriage to the question of his own supremacy, making them indistinguishable… and that's what kills More.