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Against all others who in their wrongdoing
work harm upon those who come into contact with them men may protect themselves,
some by setting a guard over their household effects, others by staying at home
at night, so as to suffer no harm, and again, by taking precautions in one way
or another men can guard against the plots of those who wish to work them harm;
but against pettifoggers like this man—whither can one go to win
security from them? The things which are a means of escape from other crimes are
the stock-in-trade of these men—the laws, that is, the courts,
witnesses, assemblies. It is here that they show their strength, counting as
friends those who offer them money, and the quiet and wealthy people as their
foes.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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