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Some of his victims, gentlemen of the
jury, suffered in silence, because they were cowed by him and his
self-confidence, or by his gang of bullies, his wealth and all his other
resources; others tried to obtain redress and failed; others again made terms
with him, perhaps because they thought that the best policy. Those, then, who
were induced to do so have obtained the satisfaction due to themselves; but of
the satisfaction due to the laws, by breaking which Meidias wronged them and is
wronging me now and every other citizen—of that satisfaction you are
the dispensers.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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