l'm Still Weeping...
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
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When Reason rules, law becomes the architecture of trust: it shields the vulnerable, limits the powerful, and turns raw force into a shared safeguard rather than the tool of domination we see today.
of seeing through all the trappings of those who thought themselves superior to others.
I can't believe that Richard Harris said McKellen's acting was "passionless." 
Of all the roles I've played in my lifetime I enjoyed Shakesperean characters the most. Many people don't understand Shakesperean English. They think it's a totally different language than modern English, but that's no so. True, it needs to be studied, but there really isn't a "translation" problem involved.
An excellent performance by Sir Ian, at any rate. 
Shakespeare begs for passion in his works.
Oppression isn’t just brute force; it’s brute force wrapped in a narrative people are persuaded to accept.
When law is an instrument and power rests on shared delusions, clear‑headed people have a duty to resist; otherwise, as we now see, the very doctrines of standing, prosecutorial discretion, and emergency powers that once guarded rights become tools to erase them.
When reason rules, law becomes a safeguard rather than a weapon.
Here's to the ongoing restoration of our freedoms through our nation's ongoing return to reasoned rule.
