The people must fight in defense of the law as they would for their city wall. — Heraclitus
The people must fight in defense of the law as they would for their city wall.
In the original Greek
μάχεσθαι χρὴ τὸν δῆμον ὑπὲρ τοῦ νόμου ὅκωσπερ τείχεος
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Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, F53 - DK B44.
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Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, F53 - DK B44.
