him freely with money, and give him in all other respects your loyal
co-operation. {20} If Philip were asked to say whether he would wish these
soldiers who are now with Diopeithes--describe them as you will, for I in
no way dispute your description--to be prosperous and in high favour with
the Athenians, and to be augmented in numbers by the co-operation of the
city; or whether he would rather see them broken up and destroyed in
consequence of calumnious charges against them; he would prefer, I
imagine, the latter alternative. Can it then be, that there are men among
us here who are trying to bring about the very thing that Philip would
pray Heaven for? And if so, do you need to seek any further for the cause
of the total ruin of the city's fortunes?

{21} I wish, therefore, to examine without reserve the present crisis of
our affairs, to inquire what we ourselves are now doing, and how we are
dealing with it. We do not wish to contribute funds, nor to serve with the
forces in person; we cannot keep our hands from the public revenues;[n] we
do not give the contributions of the allies[n] to Diopeithes, nor do we
approve of such supplies as he raises for himself; {22} but we look
malignantly at him, we ask whence he gets them, what he intends to do, and
every possible question of that kind: and yet we are still not willing to
confine ourselves to our own affairs, in consequence of the attitude which
we have adopted; we still praise with our lips those who uphold the
dignity of the city, though in our acts we are fighting on the side of
their opponents. {23} Now whenever any one rises to speak, you always put
to him the question 'What are we to do?' I wish to put to _you_ the
question, 'What are we to _say_?' For if you will neither contribute, nor
serve in person, nor leave the public funds alone, nor grant him the
contributions, nor let him get what he can for himself, nor yet confine
yourselves to your own affairs, I do not know what I can say. For when you
give such licence to those who desire to make charges and accusations,