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“Yes,” says he, “for he has registered my name
as a debtor unjustly.” Of course it is evident that you have a right
to satisfaction for this; but then you ought first to give satisfaction and
abide by the penalty you have brought on yourself. Or again, for what do you
expect to obtain satisfaction? If you are at liberty to do everything that other
citizens do, how are you wronged?
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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