[3]
But perhaps he
may object here that he framed his law in this way because the people are so
easily gulled. But by parity of reasoning why should you not be deprived of all
your rights—of the whole constitution in fact? For there is no
single—right which has not been abused in this way. You have often
been deceived into passing decrees; you have sometimes been induced to choose
weak allies rather than strong; and generally, I suppose, in many of your public
proceedings the same thing is bound to happen.
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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