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When, on my impeachment, you acquitted me, and did
not give the prosecutors the fifth part of your votes, your verdict implied
approval of my policy. When I was indicted, I satisfied you that my proposals
and my speeches had been constitutional. When you put the seal on my accounts,
you further admitted that I had done my business honestly and without
corruption. That being so, what description could Ctesiphon properly and honestly have applied to my conduct,
other than that which he had seen applied by the whole nation and by sworn
juries, and confirmed by the truth in the eyes of all men?
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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