Quotes about Demosthenes

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves

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

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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to...

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I am a citizen of the world.

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

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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.

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

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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he...

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You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry;...

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What we wish, that we readily believe.

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