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But if you accuse, either specifically or in loose general declamation, all men of being corruptionists, you by just so much weaken your own strength when it becomes necessary to assail the genuine corruptionist.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “But if you accuse, either specifically or in loose general declamation, all men of being corruptionists, you by just so…”
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Roosevelt warns that general accusations of corruption can undermine efforts to address real corruption.
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