Roper: This was not practical; this was moral! More: Oh, now I understand you, Will. Morality's not practical. Morality's a gesture. A complicated gesture learned from books. (Robert Bolt)

Roper: This was not practical; this was moral! More: Oh, now I understand you, Will. Morality's not practical. Morality's a gesture. A complicated gesture learned from books.

Robert Bolt

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