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Do not let it appear that you have been
more diligent to prevent any of your benefactors from winning a recompense than
to suppress murder in your city. Rather, recalling the occasions on which you
have repaid the services rendered you, and remembering the inscription of
Demophantus, already referred to by Phormio, on which it stands written and
confirmed by oath that whoso shall suffer in defence of the democracy shall
receive the same reward as Harmodius and Aristogiton, vote for the repeal of
this law; for if you do not, it is impossible for you to observe your oaths.
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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