“The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways: I to die, and you to live. Which is better, God only knows.”

It's dangerous to be right when the authorities are wrong.

Vice versa even more so.

A wonderful example of pure democracy (may we never become one). Tyranny of the mob is usually more cruel than the absolute rule of a single tyrant. As an aside, I seem to recall that Socrates chose to drink the poison rather than accept exile.