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But when our turn comes, what shall we say then? For
of course he will deny that he is attacking us, just as he denied that he was
attacking the men of Oreus, when his troops were already in their territory, or
the Pheraeans before that, when he was actually assaulting their walls, or the
Olynthians at the start, until he was inside their frontiers with his army. Or
shall we say, even at that hour, that those who bid us repel him are provoking
war? If so, there is nothing left but slavery; for there is no alternative
between that and being allowed neither to defend ourselves nor to remain at
peace.
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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