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Therefore, as the Greeks in every city are
divided into these two parties—the one desiring neither to rule others
by force nor to be slaves to any man, but to enjoy liberty and equality under a
free constitution; the other eager to rule their fellow-countrymen, but to take
their orders from some third person, who they think will enable them to compass
their ends—Philip's faction, those who hanker after tyrannies and
oligarchies, have everywhere gained the supremacy, and I doubt whether of all
the states there is any stable democracy left except our own.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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