[23]
Not to detain you
longer, I say that we must be prepared for war, and must urge the Greek states,
by our action rather than by our appeals, to join our alliance; for all words
divorced from action are futile, especially words from Athenian lips, in
proportion as we are reputed to be more ready of speech than all other
Greeks.
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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