How we cite our quotes: (Act.Paragraph)
Quote #10
MORE: [...] What you have hunted me for is not my actions, but the thoughts of my heart. It is a long road you have opened. (2.767)
In the end, More realizes that this was inevitable. He might have been able to escape this nasty little decapitation situation if he had been willing to compromise his principles, true—but then he wouldn't be the Thomas More we know and love.