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Perhaps, indeed, this condition of our
affairs may be attributed to many causes and not just to one or two, but a
careful examination will convince you that it is above all due to those who
study to win your favour rather than to give you the best advice. Some of them,
Athenians, interested in maintaining a system which brings them credit and
influence, have no thought for the future [and therefore think you
should have none either]; while others, by blaming and traducing those
in authority, make it their sole aim that our city shall concentrate her
attention on punishing her own citizens, while Philip shall be free to say and
do whatever he pleases.
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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