Demosthenes: “But that you will not say: for whoever contrives and prepares the means for my conquest, is at war with me, before he…”

As, therefore, by such means he rose, when every people imagined he would advance their interest, so ought he by the same means to be pulled down again, when the selfish aim of his whole policy is exposed.

True, when a confederacy subsists by good-will, and all parties to the war have a common interest, men are willing to co-operate and bear hardships and persevere.

The present crisis, O Athenians, requires, if any ever did, much thought and counsel.

On many occasions, men of Athens, one may see the kindness of the gods to this country manifested, but most signally, I think, on the present.