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Why
then, men of Athens, has none of
these speakers ever admitted that Philip is violating rights and provoking war,
when he is thus openly violating rights and subduing cities, but when others
urge you not to give way to Philip nor submit to these losses, they say they are
provoking war? It is because they want the blame for the sufferings that the war
will entail—for it is inevitable, yes, inevitable that the war should
cause much distress—to be laid at the doors of those who believe they
are your wisest counsellors.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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