Quotes
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Thomas Cromwell : Sire, we need more heirs.
King Henry VIII : I have given you three, two daughters and a son! I grant you, the daughters show little promise; Mary may grow to wisdom, but Elizabeth'll never learn to rule so much as a kitchen. Ah, but the boy is my second self.
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King Henry VIII : Diplomacy? Diplomacy, my foot! I'm an Englishman - I can't say one thing and mean another. What I can do is to build ships, ships, and then more ships!
Thomas Cromwell : You mean, double the fleet?
King Henry VIII : Treble it! Fortify Dover! Rule the sea!
Thomas Cromwell : To do this will cost us money, sire.
King Henry VIII : To leave it undone will cost us England!