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From every point of view it
is clear that he framed his proposals with a sinister purpose, and that he
offends of malice prepense and not by error of judgement, especially as the
character of his law is preserved down to the very last syllable. He proposed
nothing that was right, nothing likely to be serviceable to you, even
unintentionally. Surely you are bound to abhor and to punish a man who had no
thought for wrongs done to the people, but enacted laws for the benefit of those
who have injured you before and will injure you again.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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