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Demosthenes

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Demosthenes

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Birthplace: Athens, Gabon, United States

Manner of Death: Suicide

Nationality: Classical Athens

Occupations: Orator, Diplomat, Politician

Total quotes: 1

“Our affairs have reached such a stage that our first concern must be to avoid disaster ourselves...[other speakers] submit to you the wrong subject for deliberation.”

— Demosthenes, Selected Speeches (Oxford Worlds Classics)

Tagged: strategy

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