"The problem is not so much that there are 200,000 lawyers, but that there are 15,000 more every year. And since they practice law for 40 years on average, 15,000 times 40 equals 600,000 lawyers. I don't believe that this country's gross national product can support six hundred thousand lawyers, but I'm under no illusion that a ruling class that has failed to get the better of the weak taxi drivers' lobby will be able to get the better of the much more powerful lawyers' lobby."
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