Teddy Roosevelt: “His crime is a crime against every honest man in the Nation, for it is…”

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His crime is a crime against every honest man in the Nation, for it is a crime against the whole body politic.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt highlights that crimes by public officials harm all honest citizens and the nation as a whole.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “His crime is a crime against every honest man in the Nation, for it is a crime against the whole body politic.”