It is impossible, no matter how much care is used, to prevent the occasional appointment to the public service of a man who when tempted proves unfaithful; but every means should be provided to detect and every effort made to punish the wrongdoer.
Roosevelt recognizes the inevitability of unfaithful public servants but insists on measures to detect and punish them.
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