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Yes, by heavens, men of Athens, and there are other phrases, false
and injurious to the State, that have passed into your common speech, such as
“In the law-courts lies your salvation,” and “It
is the ballot-box that must save the State.” I know that these courts
are sovereign to uphold the rights of citizen against citizen, but it is by arms
that you must conquer the enemy, and upon arms depends the safety of the State.
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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