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Then has
each one of you, men of Athens, the gift of
deciding what ought to be done, and does each know how to state the duties of the rest,
while he is reluctant himself to do his own, and then again, does each man as an
individual, as if to give the impression of being one who would of course promptly do what
is best, find fault with everyone else, but as a body are you committed to fighting shy of
voting such measures as will ensure that you will one and all become engaged in performing
some duty to the State?
Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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