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I do not believe, men of Athens, that you are
deliberating upon this occasion concerning only the city you have in mind, but concerning
all the allied cities. For however you decide concerning the city in question, the other
cities, looking to this decision, will probably expect to receive the same treatment
themselves. Consequently you must, for the sake both of doing what is best and of guarding
your own reputation, strive earnestly that you may be clearly seen to be devising measures
which are alike expedient and just.
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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