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Quotes from VI. Second Philippic — Demosthenes

384 BC–322 BC Greece

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For every king, every despot is the sworn foe of freedom and of law.

VI. Second Philippic (-2)

For those close and intimate alliances with despots are never safe to free states.

VI. Second Philippic (-2)

Beware, said I, lest, seeking to be rid of war, you find a master.

VI. Second Philippic (-2)

But there is one common bulwark which the instinct of sensible men possesses within itself, a good and safe one for all, but invaluable for democracies against tyrants. And what is that bulwark? It is mistrust. If you preserve it, no harm can touch you.

VI. Second Philippic (-2)

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