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But besides it is no longer in your power, even if you wished it, to hold
aloof from Greek affairs. For you have many exploits to your credit from the
earliest times, and it would be disgraceful to abandon the friends you have,
while it is impossible to trust your enemies and allow them to grow powerful. In
short, you stand in the same position as your statesmen stand to
you—they cannot retire when they would; for you are definitely
involved in the politics of Greece.
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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