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This was a reasonable
expectation; for so long as the Phocians were safe, as they were at the time,
and in possession of Thermopylae, there was no menace which Philip could have
brandished in your face to make you disregard any of your just claims. He could
not reach Attica either by a march
across country or by getting command of the seas. If he refused justice, you
could forthwith close his ports, stop his supply of money, and otherwise reduce
him to a state of blockade; and so he, and not you, would be wholly dependent on
the contingent benefits of the peace.
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