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The forced retention in office of a single dishonest person may work great injury to the public interests.
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gutenberg.orgAndrew Johnson: “The forced retention in office of a single dishonest person may work great injury to the public interests.”
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He warns that keeping a dishonest person in office can harm public interests significantly.
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