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Now there is one precaution which I think
essential. If anyone proposes to negotiate for our city an alliance or a joint
contribution1 or anything of the
sort, it must be done without detriment to the existing peace. I do not mean
that the peace is a glorious one or even creditable to you, but, whatever we may
think of it, it would better suit our purpose never to have made it than to
violate it when made, because we have now sacrificed many advantages which would
have made war safer and easier for us then than now.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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