On the recordc. 349 BC
And how think ye a man, who behaves so insolently to all, how will he act, when he gets each separately under his control?
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From a speech warning Athenians about Philip's ambitions, on the predictable tyranny of an unchecked conqueror.
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They say that you should keep quiet, though you are injured; but they can not themselves keep quiet among you, though no one injures them.
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