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Honest administrators of official duties are embarrassed by the system and dishonest ones evade it.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “Honest administrators of official duties are embarrassed by the system and dishonest ones evade it.”
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Boutwell notes that honest officials struggle under the system, while dishonest ones find ways to circumvent it.
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