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Let each one of you consider, men of Athens, in what other way he could prove
that people are his kinsmen than in the way in which I have proved
it—by having them give testimony under oath and showing that they have
always been my kinsmen from the beginning.It is
for these reasons that I have confidence in my case and have come to you for
protection. For I see, men of Athens, that the decisions of your courts are more valid not only
than those of the Halimusians who have expelled me, but more valid even than
those of the senate and the popular assembly; and justly so; for in all respects
the verdicts of your courts are most just.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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