Demosthenes: “The present juncture, Athenians, all but proclaims aloud, that you must yourselves take these affairs in hand, if you…”

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

And methinks, men of Athens, any man fairly estimating what the gods have done for us, notwithstanding many untoward circumstances, might with reason be grateful to them.

If it be his principle, ever to do more than he has done, and yours, to apply yourselves vigorously to nothing, see what the end promises to be.

That you, Athenians, may feel and understand both the folly of continually abandoning one thing after another, and the activity which forms part of Philip's habit and existence, which makes it impossible for him to rest content with his…