Rich: corruptible: "every man has his price"

                         accepts Mores bribe- "contaminated",                "i'll risk it"

                        "it would depend what I was offered"

                        "Court of Requests"- "friendship"- you'll find it easier next time."- "Collector of Revenues for York"

                        "Parliament has not the competence"

                        "Why, Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... But for Wales!"          

 ambitious: "(bitterly dissapointed) A teacher!"

Cromwell: corrupt: "We'll do whatevers necessary."

                           "Its just a matter of finding the right law. Or making one"

More: Incorruptible: "every man has his price"- "no no no"

                            "the moment he knew it was a bribe, he got rid of it"

                            "I was once offered a whole village, with a mill, and a manor house, an heaven knows what else- a coat of arms I shouldn't be surprised."

                            "If you could come with me you are the man I would soonest raise- yes, with my own hand"- henry.

                            "There is no law against that"

He will not give in.

Henry: "You're conscience is your own affair but you are my chancellor"

          "Villainy"

          "I'll have no opposition."

          "Ha! So i break my word"

More: man of principles: "I will not give in because I oppose it- I do- not my pride, not my spleen, nor any other of my appetites but I do- I!

                                   "I can't give in Howard,(smiles) You might as well ask a man to change thecolour of his eyes"

                                   "When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water and if he opens his fingers he needn't hope to find himself again"

                                   "I will not take the oath, and I will not tell you why not"

                                   "It is not for the Supremacy that you have sought my blood- but because I would not bend to the marriage"

More: Man of conscience: "I believe that when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties... they lead their country by a short route to chaos."

                                    "In matters of conscience, the loyal subject is more bounden to his conscience than to any other thing"

More: Loyalty to the king: "loyal subject"

                                    "I am sick to think how much I displease your grace"

                                    "I'm serious Howard, keep an eye on the border"

                                    "I will not lay a finger on it"

                                    "It would appear as payment"

                                    "the king is not pleased with you" "I am grieved" 

More: Family man: "And so it must remain"

                           "(desperately)May I see my family"

                           "(excited)" "(thrust arms through cage)"

                           "All of you must leave the country"