[64]
Were you not deceived about Phocis, Thermopylae, the Thraceward districts, Doriscus, Serrium,
Cersobleptes himself? Is not Philip now holding the city of the Cardians, and
admitting that he holds it? Why then does he deal thus with the other Greeks,
but not with you in the same way? Because ours is the one city in the world
where immunity is granted to plead on behalf of our enemies, and where a man who
has been bribed can safely address you in person, even when you have been robbed
of your own.
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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