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What? Shall this authority, (for I must continually speak of that though I will speak of it
with timidity and moderation,)—shall, I say, this authority of mine, when I have
kept aloof from the cause of every one else accused of this conspiracy, and have defended
Sulla alone, be of no service to my client? This is perhaps a bold thing to say, O judges; a
bold thing, if we are asking for anything; a bold thing, if, when every one else is silent
about us, we will not be silent ourselves. But if we are attacked, if we are accused, if we
are sought to be rendered unpopular, then surely, O judges, you will allow us to retain our
liberty, even if we cannot quite retain all our dignity.
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