Demosthenes: A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue. (Aristophanes)

Demosthenes: A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.

Aristophanes

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