"Only consider what a blunder you would commit in doing as Cleon recommends. As things are at present, in all the cities the people is your friend, and either does not revolt with the oligarchy, or, if forced to do so, becomes at once the enemy of the insurgents;
baina kontua da dena azalduko dela dakien jendearen aurrean eta beldur gara, baina ez, gure meremezimenduak zuenak baino urriagoak direla uste izanik, hori gaitzespentzat ez ote duzuen edukiko, baizik beste batzuei eder egiteagatik jada erabakitako judizio batera aurkeztuko ez ote garen.