| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 50798 |
| QUOTATION: | The first thing we do, lets kill all the lawyers. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Shakespeare (15641616), British dramatist, poet. Dick the butcher, in Henry VI, Part 2, act 4, sc. 2, l. 76-7.
The first aim of the rebels (Shakespeares version of the Peasants Revolt of 1381). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shakespeare Collection. |
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