Yes, I’d give the devil benefit of the law...

Yes, I’d give the devil benefit of the law, for my own safety’s sake!”

Here’s a man who -- oh my word! -- knows how to talk and forever speaks truth in the process: actor Paul Scofield, as Sir Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons (1966). In this scene from the 16th century, he lays down a powerful marker about laws.

Yes, I’d give the devil benefit of the law...
Speaker: Paul Scofield, as Sir Thomas More
Date: March 4th, 1966
Location: A Man for All Seasons