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Such officer or employe owes the duty to the United States to guard carefully and not to divulge or in any manner use, prematurely, information which is accessible to the officer or employe by reason of his official position.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt stresses the responsibility of officials to protect sensitive information.

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