The orators - and the despots - have the least power in their cities ... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though they do whatever they think to be best. (Plato)

The orators - and the despots - have the least power in their cities ... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though they do whatever they think to be best.

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