Just as the upright politician should hold in peculiar scorn the man who makes the name of politician a reproach and a shame, so the genuine reformer should realize that the cause he champions is especially jeopardized by the mock reformer who does what he can to make reform a laughing-stock among decent men.
Roosevelt argues that true reformers and politicians must actively distance themselves from those who discredit their respective causes.
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