Corruption is never so rife as in communities where the demagog and the agitator bear full sway, because in such communities all moral bands become loosened, and hysteria and sensationalism replace the spirit of sound judgment and fair dealing as between man and man.
Roosevelt claims that corruption thrives in communities dominated by demagogues and agitators, leading to moral decay.
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