I could have wished that the reputations of many brave men were not to be imperilled in the mouth of a single individual, to stand or fall according as he spoke well or ill. For it is hard to speak properly upon a subject where it is even difficult to convince your hearers that you are speaking the truth.
ThucydidesRight, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
Thucydides