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But
in this city, gentlemen of the jury, our politicians rarely let a month go by
without legislating to suit their private ends. When in office they are always
haling private citizens to jail; but they disapprove of the application of the
same measure of justice to themselves. They arbitrarily repeal those well-tried
laws of Solon, enacted by their forefathers, and expect you to obey laws of
their own, proposed to the detriment of the community.
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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