Quotes of Philipiki - Demostenes

Philip entirely destroyed Olynthus and thirty-two other towns,sold their inhabitants into  slavery,

brought the whole of Chalcidice within the Macedonian Empire, and celebrated his conquest by a festival 

in honor of the Olympian Zeus at Dium.

It may be that many of Hellenes would be glad to serve under him against Egypt,against Orontas,

or against certain other foreign powers-not from a wish that king should conquer any such enem

but because means to relieve his present poverty.But I cannot believe that any Hellene would march

against Hellas.Whither will he turn afterwards?Will he got to Phrygia and be a slave?

And indeed it is not even to the king's own interest to conquer the Hellenes with a mercenary force,

for an army which has conquered us is,even more certainly stronger than he,and his intention is not to

destroy us only that he may fall into the power of others,he wishes to rule,if it may be over all the world,

but if not,at least over those who are already his slaves.

For the Olynthians know well that they are not fighting now for honor and glory,nor for a strip of territory,

but to avert the devastation and enslavement of their country.

Surely it is not like sober or high-minded men to submit light-heartedly to the reproach which must follow

upon any shortcomings in the operations of the war through want of funds to seize your weapons and 

march against Corinthians and Megareans and then to allow Philip to enslave Hellenic cities,because

you cannot find rations for your troops.

...and Macedonians,foreigners,men who never were Amphictyons in the past,are now forcing their 

way to recognition.

Who was that persuaded to send embassies almost as far as the Red Sea,on the ground that Philip was plotting

against Hellas,and that it was for you to foresee this and not to sacrifice the interests of the Hellenes?

Was is not Eubulus who proposed the decree,while the ambassador to the Peloponnese was the Aeschines?

What expressions he used in his address to the people,after he arrived there,is best known to himself but

I know you all remember what he reported to you.Many a time in the course of his speech he called 

Philip "barbarian" and "devil".