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Teddy Roosevelt: Every specific charge relating to jobbery, to immorality, or to inefficiency, from whatever source it has come, has been…

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Every specific charge relating to jobbery, to immorality, or to inefficiency, from whatever source it has come, has been immediately investigated, and in no single instance have the statements of these sensation-mongers and the interested complainants behind them proved true.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He states that every charge of wrongdoing has been investigated and found to be false, emphasizing accountability.

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