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There never can be, there never will be a good government in which the average citizen is not a decent man in private life.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “There never can be, there never will be a good government in which the average citizen is not a decent man in private…”
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Roosevelt believes that good governance is contingent upon the moral character of its citizens.
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