It has been
conclusively proved, men of Athens,
that the defendant, Aristogeiton, is a state-debtor and disfranchised, and that
the laws expressly forbid all such to address the Assembly. But it is your duty
to restrain and check all law-breakers, but especially those who hold office and
take part in public affairs,
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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