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and Philip, by his wars and his campaigns
and by all those activities to which his greatness might be attributed, has
really made it a less trusty weapon to his own hand. For you must not imagine,
men of Athens, that his subjects
share his tastes; you must rather reflect that he wants glory, but they
security. He cannot gain his end without danger; they, thinking of children,
parents, and wives left at home, are not so eager to court ruin and danger every
day to oblige him.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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