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Is, then, Philip any the worse off for
that, or Athens any the better? Far
from it; for afterwards, when he takes up arms and marches to battle, ready to
risk all he has, and we sit idle, alike those who have pleaded our cause and
those who have been listening to them, then, naturally enough, deeds outweigh
words, and the world in general gives heed, not to what we once said with
justice or might now say, but to what we do. And what we do is insufficient to
protect any of the victims of injustice; in fact, I need say no more about it.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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