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Yet a man who professes such solicitude,
as he has professed today, for our laws and constitution, whatever else he
lacks, ought at least to possess the quality of sympathizing both with the
sorrows and the joys of the common people; and, in choosing his political
principles, he ought not to range himself with their enemies. But that is
clearly what he has done, when he declares that I am responsible for everything,
and that the city has fallen into trouble by my fault.
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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