The man who debauches others in order to obtain a high office stands on an evil equality of corruption with the man who debauches others for financial profit; and when hatred is sown the crop which springs up can only be evil.
Roosevelt draws a parallel between corruption for power and corruption for profit, emphasizing the destructive nature of both.
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