And further, when Antiphon, who during the war supplied from his own
								means two fast-sailing triremes, was put to death by us, I knew that
								all those who had been zealous in 404 B.C. the
								state’s cause would look upon us with suspicion. I objected, also,
								when they said that each of us must seize one of the resident
								aliens; for it was entirely clear that if these men were put to
								death, the whole body of such aliens would become enemies of the
								government. I objected likewise when they took away from the people their arms,
								because I thought that we ought not to make the state weak; for I
								saw that, in preserving us, the purpose of the Lacedaemonians had
								not been that we might become few in number and unable to do them
								any service; for if this had been what they desired, it was within
								their power, by keeping up the pressure of famine a little while
								longer, to leave not a single man alive. Again, the hiring of guardsmen did not please me, for we might have
								enlisted in our service an equal number of our own citizens, until
								we, the rulers, should easily have made ourselves masters of our
								subjects. And further, when I saw that many in the city were
								becoming hostile to this government and that many were becoming
								exiles, it did not seem to me best to banish either Thrasybulus or
								Anytus or Alcibiades; for I knew that by such measures the
								opposition would be made strong, if once the commons should acquire
								capable leaders and if those who wished to be leaders should find a
								multitude of supporters. Now would the man who offers openly
								this sort of admonition be fairly regarded as a well-wisher, or as a
								traitor? It is not, Critias, the men who prevent one’s making
								enemies in abundance nor the men who teach one how to gain allies in
								the greatest numbers,—it is not these, I say, who make one’s enemies
								strong; but it is much rather those who 404
									B.C. unjustly rob others of property and put to
								death people who are guilty of no wrong, who, I say, make their
								opponents numerous and betray not only their friends but also
								themselves, and all to satisfy their covetousness. And if it is not evident in any other way that what I say is true,
								look at the matter in this way: do you suppose that Thrasybulus and
								Anytus and the other exiles would prefer to have us follow here the
								policy which I am urging by word, or the policy which these men are
								carrying out in deed? For my part, I fancy that now they believe
								every spot is full of allies, while if the best element in the state
								were friendly to us, they would count it difficult even to set foot
								anywhere in the land!