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For what could be more serious than
chicanery and breach of the constitution, for both of which the defendant has
been condemned? Nor will I urge that even if you let off all other offenders, it
is surely wrong to give way to one who resorts to force, for that is surely an
outrage. I waive such considerations as these; but I do think that I can clearly
prove to you that the defendant's example confounds and destroys all order in
law and in government.
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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