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Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991)
wrote into the
Star Trek "bible" that the first thing Man would do when we finally get into space will be to "kill the lawyers." He was, of course, alluding to the first aim of the rebels in Shakespeare’s version of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381.
"The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers."
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Dick the butcher, in Henry VI, Part 2, act 4, sc. 2, l. 76-7.
posted by
GRYPHON
on October 1, 2003 at 9:00 AM
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