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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.
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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

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Aeschines was a Statesman from Classical Athens (-389–-314).

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Who said "Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the…"?
This quote is attributed to Aeschines, a Statesman from Classical Athens.
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Aeschines lived from -389 – -314.
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