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There
you have one case of a man, in a merely private matter, with no added
circumstances of insolence, paying so heavy a penalty for a breach of the law.
With good reason; because that is what you are here to guard—the laws
and your oath. That is what you who serve on any jury hold as a trust from the
rest of the citizens, a trust which must be maintained inviolate in the
interests of all who appeal to you with justice on their side.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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