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In my
opinion it is right to restore the Rhodian democracy; yet even if it were not
right, I should feel justified in urging you to restore it, when I observe what
these people are doing. Why so? Because, men of Athens, if every state were bent on doing right, it would be
disgraceful if we alone refused; but when the others, without exception, are
preparing the means to do wrong, for us alone to make profession of right,
without engaging in any enterprise, seems to me not love of right but want of
courage. For I notice that all men have their rights conceded to them in
proportion to the power at their disposal.
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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