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But yet
to not one of these men have you ever yet granted, nor are you likely to grant,
this reward—licence for each one of them to oppress his private
enemies whenever he likes and in whatever way he can. For not even Harmodius and
Aristogeiton were so privileged, though indeed they received from you the
highest rewards for the noblest services. You would never have tolerated it if
any one had added this to the inscription on their monument, “And they
shall be licensed to oppress whomsoever they will.” No, they received
their other rewards for this very service, that they had restrained those who
acted insolently.
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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