Demosthenes: “First I say, you must not despond, Athenians, under your present circumstances, wretched as they are; for that which is…”

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.

And surely we must suppose, that Paeonians and Illyrians, and all such people, would rather be free and independent than under subjection; for they are unused to obedience, and the man is a tyrant.

There is the insult too, and the disgrace of the thing, worse than any damage to right-thinking men.

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.