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Where Trump would have stood on Athens vs Sparta
['Peter Jones', 'Dimitri Burshtein', 'The Spectator Australia', 'Tom Switzer', 'Judith Sloan', 'Jacob Heilbrunn', 'Laurie Wastell']
The Spectator Australia
In 416 BC in its war against Sparta, Athens instructed the fleet to break the small island of Melos’ alliance with its enemy.
Melos: Whatever we say or do, it looks as if we will face either war or slavery.
Athens: If that is your attitude, we may as well stop now.
Melos: We put our trust in the gods and Sparta.
Athens: It is a law of nature that gods and men rule wherever they can.