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ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ οὗτος ἔγραψε ταῦτα, ἀλλὰ τὸν μὲν ἀθῷον αἰτιᾶσθαι, τὸν δ᾽ ἄκριτον παραχρῆμ᾽ ἐκδίδοσθαι. ἂν δέ τις ἀνθρώπων ἢ καὶ ὅλη πόλις τοσούτοις νομίμοις ἀναιρουμένοις ὅσοις ἐγὼ διεξελήλυθα, καὶ τοσούτοις δικαστηρίοις καταλυομένοις ὅσοις εἴρηκα, ἃ θεοὶ κατέδειξαν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτ᾽ ἄνθρωποι χρῶνται πάντα τὸν χρόνον, βοηθήσῃ καὶ τὸν ὑβριζόμενον καὶ παρανομούμενον ἀφέληται, ἔκσπονδον ἔγραψεν εἶναι, καὶ οὐδὲ τούτῳ λόγον οὐδὲ κρίσιν πεποίηκεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτον εὐθὺς ἄνευ κρίσεως κολάζει. πῶς ἂν ἢ δεινότερον γένοιτ᾽ ἢ παρανομώτερον τούτου ψήφισμα;
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher and W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1907 and 1921.
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