It was "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." from Henry VI,
Part 2.
Merchant of Venice had a quote attributable to us and our LBC list:
"He doth nothing but talk of his horse."
Too much time not studying my physics in school,
Ron
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> From: Richard D. Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Off Topic -- rather long too....
> Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 8:16 AM
>
> >It will never work until we do what Shakespeare said" First we kill
> >all the lawyers!"
>
> Now, I could be wrong, but I think the proper quote from WS is: "First
> thing we do, is shoot all the lawyers." From _The Merchant of Venice_, I
> believe, and in reference to Shylock (where's that English instructor on
> the list?). I could, of course, point out that WS never said that
> particular phrase, but rather *wrote* it, but that would be entirely too
> Clintonesque for me ('nother lawyer, don't ya know). <G>
>
> I am not an attorney, nor do I play one on TV, but I am a pre-law student
> and a paralegal. Thus far this week, I've assisted in reuniting a parent
> with a wrongfully removed child, helped an older couple recover a rental
> deposit, and enabled a dying gentleman to pass on his estate to his
> family with minimal taxes. I like to think that none of these require my
> demise as being against the public good.
>
> No lawyer can work without clients. Since there are many more clients
> than lawyers, and clients necessarily are made up of the public, I would
> submit that any problems with a litagation-happy society are the fault of
> the public. Unless we are willing to have people settle their problems
> outside the law (when reasonable attempts fail), we will always need
> lawyers.
>
> Lawyers are much like soldiers and police officers; nobody likes them
> until they need one....
>
> Rich
>
> E-mail me for a copy of my collection of attorney jokes -- keep laughing,
> it's all billable time.
>
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