Demosthenes: “Shall we not sail with at least a part of our national forces, now though not before?”

Yea, among these men, some have risen rapidly from poverty to wealth, from meanness and obscurity to repute and honor, while you, on the contrary, have fallen from honor to obscurity, from wealth to indigence.

How is it equitable, that certain of these men, returned from prison, should not know themselves, while the state, that once protected all Greece and held the foremost place, is sunk in ignominy and humiliation?

I say, you must either desist from these practices, or blame none but yourselves for the wretched condition of your affairs.

For the riches of a state I consider to be allies, confidence, good-will; of all which you are destitute.