[Putnawa's Blog] From <i>A Man for All Seasons</i>:

[Putnawa]

Sir Thomas More: Not so. Not so, Master Secretary. The maxim is "Qui tacet consentiret": 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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Posted By Putnawa to Putnawa's Blog at 9/20/2007 11:32:00 AM