On the recordc. 349 BC
Yet neither you, my countrymen, nor Thebans nor Lacedaemonians, were ever licensed by the Greeks to act as you pleased; far otherwise.
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From a speech arguing against the unchecked power of Philip II, contrasting it with the historical accountability of other Greek powers.
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