The Cost of Freedom

Hegesippus
insti-
gated the Athenians against Fhilip, when one
of the assembly cried out, “You would not
persuade us to a war?”
“Yes, indeed, would
I, and to mourning clothes and to public funer
als and to funeral speeches, if ve intend tc
live free, and not submit to the pleasures of
the Macedonians.”’