Demosthenes Quote

You, Athenians, possessing unsurpassed resources—fleet, infantry, cavalry, revenue—have never to this very day employed them aright, and yet you carry on war with Philip exactly as a barbarian boxes. The barbarian, when struck, always clutches the place; hit him on the other side and there go his hands. He neither knows nor cares how to parry a blow or how to watch his adversary.


First Philippic ch. 40


You, Athenians, possessing unsurpassed resources—fleet, infantry, cavalry, revenue—have never to this very day employed them aright, and yet you...

You, Athenians, possessing unsurpassed resources—fleet, infantry, cavalry, revenue—have never to this very day employed them aright, and yet you...

You, Athenians, possessing unsurpassed resources—fleet, infantry, cavalry, revenue—have never to this very day employed them aright, and yet you...

You, Athenians, possessing unsurpassed resources—fleet, infantry, cavalry, revenue—have never to this very day employed them aright, and yet you...