[lugsoul]

Do you even have the slightest idea of the context of that quote?

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

As a matter of fact I do.

Shakespeare Henry VI Part II Act 4 Scene 2 Dick the Butcher.

As the line is uttered by a conspirator and evil character the Irony is funny. The line was intended to show that to eliminate those who might stand in the way of a contemplated revolution and the importance of judges and lawyers to the civilization of the time.
This illustrated that the surest way to chaos and tyranny even then was to remove the guardians of independent thinking.

You want me to continue analysis?
Shakespearean interpretation was probably my favorite class in college.