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.

Quote by Aeschines

Aeschines (Greek: Αἰσχίνης Aischínēs; 389 – 314 BC) was a Greek statesman and one of the ten Attic orators.