Again, the compact at the very beginning enjoins that the Greeks shall be free and independent. Is it not, then, the height of absurdity that the clause about freedom should stand first in the compact, and that one who has enslaved others should be supposed not to have acted contrary to the joint agreement? Therefore, men of Athens, if we are going to abide by our oaths and covenants and do what is just （for it is to this that these speakers, as I have said, are urging you）, it is our bounden duty to seize our arms and take the field against the transgressors with all who will join us.
