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Men of
Athens, you hear the admonitions
of the gods. If they are addressed to you in time of war, they bid you beware of
your commanders, for commanders are the leaders of warfare; if after conclusion
of peace, of your statesmen, for they are your leaders, they have your
obedience, by them you may haply be deceived. The oracle also bids you keep the
commonwealth together, that all may be of one mind, and may not gratify the
enemy.
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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