tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512669.post76552187..comments2023-07-21T06:38:14.648-04:00Comments on Shadow of the Hegemon: Demostheneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14552994996411944134noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512669.post-5500214559619179032010-12-07T09:43:03.352-05:002010-12-07T09:43:03.352-05:00I find your posts' intriguing. I to am a fan o...I find your posts' intriguing. I to am a fan of Orson Scott Card and I note that you have beat me, as to the use of the name Demosthenes.<br /><br />So to the so called 'Republican Party" I present a quote that applies to the Congress the party promotes.<br /><br />"You would, I expect, men of Athens, accept it as the equivalent of a large amount of money, if it could be made clear to you what will prove our best policy in the matters now under discussion. This then being so, you are bound to give an eager hearing to all who offer advice. For not only if someone comes forward with a well-considered plan, could you hear and accept it, but also I count it part of your good fortune that more than one speaker may be inspired with suitable suggestions on the spur of the moment, so that out of the multitude of proposals the choice of the best should not be difficult."<br /><br />Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.<br /><br />There shall be more. LockeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com