[207]
In a democracy there must never be a
citizen so powerful that his support can ensure that the one party submits to
outrages and the other escapes punishment. But if you are anxious to do me an
ill turn, Eubulus,though I protest that I know not why you should—you
are a man of influence and a statesman; take any legal vengeance you like on me,
but do not deprive me of my compensation for illegal outrages. If you find it
impossible to harm me in that way, it may be taken as a proof of my innocence
that you can readily censure others, but find no ground of censure in me.
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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