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Quotation from Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers”
Henry VI, Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1501 (Folio-based modern-spelling text))
Cade's follower proposes the first reform of the new commonwealth; in context the line exposes the rebels' contempt for law, not a defence of the poor against it.
Citation: "The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers" — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1501 (Folio-based modern-spelling text)). (id henry-vi-part-2-q10)
