The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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Page 116
... corruption , who they know have prac- ticed corruption in public life , they may make up their minds that they will get the government to which they are entitled , and a bad government it will be . Now , my friends , I do not suppose ...
... corruption , who they know have prac- ticed corruption in public life , they may make up their minds that they will get the government to which they are entitled , and a bad government it will be . Now , my friends , I do not suppose ...
Page 118
... Corruption : You cannot afford to tolerate in your ranks the corrupt man , and the first duty of a constitu- ency should be to see that its representative is not merely honest in the sense that he cannot be legally shown to be dishonest ...
... Corruption : You cannot afford to tolerate in your ranks the corrupt man , and the first duty of a constitu- ency should be to see that its representative is not merely honest in the sense that he cannot be legally shown to be dishonest ...
Page 119
... corruption in every phase unflinchingly exposed , the very fact that we need to have every man shown up who has acted improperly , because it is not merely a dis- grace but a vital injury to us to permit corruption in public life or ...
... corruption in every phase unflinchingly exposed , the very fact that we need to have every man shown up who has acted improperly , because it is not merely a dis- grace but a vital injury to us to permit corruption in public life or ...
Contents
Daniel Boone and the Founding of Kentucky | 3 |
THE ELEMENTAL VIRTUESTHE BASIS | 45 |
Character | 51 |
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