Quotes by Aeschines

Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.
– Aeschines
For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.
– Aeschines
It is acknowledged, namely, that there are in the world three forms of government, autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy: autocracies and oligarchies are administered according to the tempers of their lords, but democratic states according to established laws.
– Aeschines