[–] 4 points 12 hours ago (7 children)

they are parasites, a drain on society, they comprise over 90 percent of future lawmakers, and the worst and most craven and unpatriotic of them will become judges and prosecutors.

And if you find yourself in a court room accused of something you are going to be desperate for one to help you.

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  • [–] 12 points 16 hours ago (11 children)

    In Act 4, Scene 2 of Henry VI, Part 2, Dick the Butcher utters the line "The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers" during a rebellion led by Jack Cade.

    Cade, a pretender to the throne, hopes to destabilize the existing social order and the line serves as a recognition that lawyers are impediments to his rule. It's a widely misinterpreted line that's usually used to express anti-lawyer sentiment.

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