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But
that was not his aim; he imposed this disability in the interests of you and of
the State, for he knew—I say, he knew that of all states the most
antagonistic men of infamous habits is that in which every man is at liberty to
publish their shame. And what state is that? A democracy. He thought it would be
dangerous if there ever happened to coexist a considerable number of men who
were bold and clever speakers, but tainted with such disgraceful wickedness.
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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