"[laughing] It's funny. It's too funny. He's made mincemeat of them. I'm surrounded by FOOLS! Becket is the only intel…"

"I am the King, Thomas. And so long as we are on this Earth, you owe me the first move. I'm prepared to forget a lot o…"

"Is the honor of God washed clean enough? Are you satisfied now, Thomas?"

"When you Normans invaded England, you seized our Saxon lands, burned our Saxon homes, raped our Saxon sisters. Natura…"

"[in response to Henry's idea to make him Archbishop of Canterbury] I beg of you,.... Do not do this."

"Dear Lord, I wish there were something I really regretted parting with, so that I might offer it to You. But forgive …"

"You are a creature of extremes, aren't you, Brother John?"

"[final words] Poor Henry."

"The King of England and his Ambassadors can drown themselves in what they are impertinent enough to call their Englis…"

"[to Becket, after appointing him Chancellor] I never did anything without your advice. No one knew it. Now everyone w…"