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To pass over other occasions, seven times,
Aristogeiton, have you indicted me, when you had taken the pay of Philip's
agents, and twice you accused me at my audit. As a mere mortal I pay my respects
to Nemesis, and I am deeply grateful both to the gods and to all the citizens of
Athens for their protection. But
as for you, it was never once found that you had spoken the truth; you were
always convicted of chicanery. If, then, these gentlemen make the laws invalid
by acquitting you today, will you convict me now? On what charge?
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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