This text is part of:
[41]
And it is in a way natural
that he should act thus. For he knows for certain that even if he masters all
else, his power will be precarious as long as you remain a democracy; but if
ever he meets with one of the many mischances to which mankind is liable, all
the forces that are now under restraint will be attracted to your side.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text.
Purchase a copy of this text (not necessarily the same edition) from Amazon.com
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.