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Yet this habit of his, Athenians, this scheme of involving in yet greater
calamities all who stand up against him in just defence, is not something that
might well rouse indignation and resentment in me, but that the rest of you
should overlook. Far from it. All citizens alike should be stirred to anger,
when they reflect and observe that it is exactly the poorest and weakest of you
that run the greatest risk of being thus wantonly wronged, while it is the rich
blackguards that find it easiest to oppress others and escape punishment, and
even to hire agents to put obstacles in the path of justice.
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