Pericles, in his speech about democracy, as recorded by Thucydides, expressed a timely thought: ¡°Guided by tolerance in private life, we respect the law in public life; we obey all laws, especially those unwritten ones, laws that defend those to whom injustice is being done, and laws the transgression of which brings universal disgrace.¡± That ancient sense of the potent power of shame should be employed today, lest the democratic tide continue to run out.
Pericles, en su discurso sobre la democracia, como lo relata Tucídides, expresó un pensamiento oportuno: "Guiados por la tolerancia en la vida privada, respetamos las leyes en la vida pública; obedecemos todas las leyes, sobre todo aquéllas que no están escritas, las leyes que defienden a quienes sufren injusticias, y las leyes cuya transgresión provoca desgracias universales".