Demades, On the Twelve Years, ed. John Ormiston Burtt, 59

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[59] It seems, therefore, the harshest imaginable rule that a man should be held accountable in time of peace for his administration during war. For every critic judges it with reference to the present calm, not to the danger that is over. And yet, if we make no allowance for the crisis, we are removing too the justification for the action.

On the Twelve Years. Demades. ed. John Ormiston Burtt. London. 1954.

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[59] διὸ καί πάντων δοκεῖ χαλεπώτατον, ἐν εἰρήνῃ λόγον ὑποσχεῖν τῶν ἐν πολέμῳ πεπολιτευμένων· κρίνει γὰρ ἕκαστος πρὸς τὴν παροῦσαν ἡσυχίαν, οὐ πρὸς τὸν παρελθόντα κίνδυνον. ὅταν δέ τις ἀνέλῃ τῶν πραγμάτων τὸν καιρόν, ἀνταναιρεῖται καὶ τὸ δίκαιον τῆς πράξεως.

Demades On the Twelve Years 59

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