"I am not, conscript fathers, now to learn that, when a similar petition came from Asia, I was accused of weakness and irresolution, for not giving a decided negative.
"Badakit, guraso konskriptuok, gehienek nire irmotasunik eza nabaritu zutena, hauxe bera eskatzen zuten Asiako hiriei oraintsu ezetzik esan ez nienean.