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Now, on the contrary, the politicians
hold the purse-strings and manage everything, while you, the people, robbed of
nerve and sinew, stripped of wealth and of allies, have sunk to the level of
lackeys and hangers-on, content if the politicians gratify you with a dole from
the Theoric Fund or a procession at the Boëdromia, and your manliness
reaches its climax when you add your thanks for what is your own. They have
mewed you up in the city and entice you with these baits, that they may keep you
tame and subservient to the whip.
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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