Demosthenes: “You were insensible, indifferent to all his aggressions; gave no intimation that you would not permit their continuance.”

For it is plain to the Olynthians, that now they are fighting, not for glory or a slice of territory, but to save their country from destruction and servitude.

The present juncture, Athenians, all but proclaims aloud, that you must yourselves take these affairs in hand, if you care for their success.

To censure, I may be told, is easy for any man; to show what measures the case requires, is the part of a counselor.

I am not ignorant, Athenians, that frequently, when any disappointment happens, you are angry, not with the parties in fault, but with the last speakers on the subject; yet never, with a view to self-protection, would I suppress what I…