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I will, however, by a clear and forcible
example show the jury that they ought not to overlook such conduct; no, not in a
single particular. Imagine for a moment that someone proposed that speakers in
the Assembly should be confined to the youngest citizens, or to the richest, or
to those who had performed a public service, or to some similar category. I am
sure you would have him put to death for trying to overthrow the democracy. And
indeed you would be justified.
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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