[53]
But yet, though Greek politics are
split up into so many factions under so many powers, in no state, if I must
speak the truth freely, would you find the government offices and the council
chambers less occupied with Greek affairs than here at Athens; and naturally so, for neither
through love nor trust nor fear does anyone hold communication with us.
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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