First, I’m not a lawyer. The most often quoted Shakespeare line is the one about, “First thing we do is kill all the lawyers”. What almost no one knows is that the speaker of that line, a character called Dick the Butcher, is discussing with his friend Jack Cade about overthrowing the king and installing a tyranny where everyone would “worship me their lord”. It was “The Law” that stood between the people and the absolute power of big govt. and the lawyers who upheld that law. Just like today.
First, I’m not a lawyer. The most often quoted Shakespeare line is the one about, “First thing we do is kill all the lawyers”. What almost no one knows is that the speaker of that line, a character called Dick the Butcher, is discussing with his friend Jack Cade about overthrowing the king and installing a tyranny where everyone would “worship me their lord”. It was “The Law” that stood between the people and the absolute power of big govt. and the lawyers who upheld that law. Just like today.