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Seeing that Chios and Mytilene are ruled by oligarchs, and that
Rhodes and, I might almost say, all
the world are now being seduced into this form of slavery, I am surprised that
none of you conceives that our constitution too is in danger, nor draws the
conclusion that if all other states are organized on oligarchical principles, it
is impossible that they should leave your democracy alone. For they know that
none but you will bring freedom back again, and of course they want to destroy
the source from which they are expecting ruin to themselves.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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