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We can as little afford to tolerate a dishonest man in the public service as a coward in the army.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “We can as little afford to tolerate a dishonest man in the public service as a coward in the army.”
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Roosevelt warns against tolerating dishonesty in public service, equating it to cowardice in the military.
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