disagree.

MORE. I can't help it.

MENDIP. Remember a certain war, Stephen! Were your chivalrous
notions any good, then? And, what was winked at in an obscure young
Member is anathema for an Under Secretary of State. You can't
afford----

MORE. To follow my conscience? That's new, Mendip.

MENDIP. Idealism can be out of place, my friend.

THE DEAN. The Government is dealing here with a wild lawless race,
on whom I must say I think sentiment is rather wasted.

MORE. God made them, Dean.

MENDIP. I have my doubts.

THE DEAN. They have proved themselves faithless. We have the right
to chastise.

MORE. If I hit a little man in the eye, and he hits me back, have I
the right to chastise him?

SIR JOHN. We didn't begin this business.

MORE. What! With our missionaries and our trading?