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Well, first of all, the quote is real! It goes, “The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.” It’s said by a character called Dick the Butcher in Act IV, Scene II of William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part II, which was (we think) written between 1596 and 1599.
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Cade, a pretender to the throne, hopes to destabilize the existing social order, and the line serves as a tongue-in-cheek recognition that lawyers, by upholding the law and administering justice, are impediments to anarchy.
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. Cade: Nay, that I mean to do. Dick the butcher, a character no one remembers, utters one of the few memorable lines from the entire...
The misunderstanding and misuse of this quotation arise from the interpretation that Shakespeare is saying that it’s the lawyers and upstanding citizens who would stand in the way of such a rebellion working because of their integrity and commitment to enforcing the law.
Shakespeare's exact line ''The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,'' was stated by Dick the Butcher in ''Henry VI,'' Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73. Dick the Butcher...
Election Integrity News Blog. May 11. 5 min read. Lawyers, the most fundamental defense. Dr. John Eastman explains Shakespeare's: 'The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.' Updated: May 15. Photo by J.D. Small of J.D. Small Photography, https://www.jdsmallphotographer.com. by Patrice Johnson | May 15, 2024.
Everyone will eat and drink on me, and I will dress them all in one uniform, so that they may get on like brothers and worship me, their lord. DICK The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
