[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.

“It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of build…”

“Късият ум е с дълъг език.”

“You [demagogues] are like the fishers for eels; in still waters they catch noth…”

“Socrate. Tiens-tu quelque chose ?Strepsiade. Non, par Zeus, non certes.Socrate.…”