Author: Demosthenes

Quotes

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

- Demosthenes

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

- Demosthenes

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

- Demosthenes

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.

- Demosthenes

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

- Demosthenes

What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.

What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.

- Demosthenes

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

- Demosthenes

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