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I say that I do not expect
that Aristocrates will be able to deny that he has moved a decree in open
violation of all the laws; but before now, men of Athens, I have seen a man contesting an
indictment for illegal measures, who, though convicted by law, made an attempt
to argue that his proposal had been to the public advantage, and insisted
strongly on that point,—a simple-minded argument, surely, if it was
not an impudent one.
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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