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The real danger to democracy no one is
bold enough to name; but I will name it. It is in danger when you, men of
Athens, are wrongly led, when in
spite of your numbers you are helpless, unarmed, unorganized and at variance,
when no general or anyone else pays any heed to your resolutions, when no one
cares to tell you the truth or set you right, when no one makes an effort to
remedy this state of things. And that is what always happens now.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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