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   From: Athos Porthos and Aramis    
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   Subject: From the speech, Citizenship in a Republic, 1910   
   Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:57:14 -0700   
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   By Theodore Roosevelt   
      
      
      
   The very last thing that an intelligent and self-respecting member of a    
   democratic community should do is to reward any public man because that    
   public man says he will get the private citizen something to which this    
   private citizen is not entitled, or will gratify some emotion or    
   animosity which this private citizen ought not to possess.   
      
      
      
   Let me illustrate this by one anecdote from my own experience. A number    
   of years ago I was engaged in cattle-ranching on the great plains of the    
   western United States. There were no fences. The cattle wandered free,    
   the ownership of each being determined by the brand; the calves were    
   branded with the brand of the cows they followed. If on the round-up an    
   animal was passed by, the following year it would appear as an unbranded    
   yearling, and was then called a maverick. By the custom of the country    
   these mavericks were branded with the brand of the man on whose range    
   they were found. One day I was riding the range with a newly hired    
   cowboy, and we came upon a maverick. We roped and threw it; then we    
   built a little fire, took out a cinch-ring, heated it at the fire; and    
   the cowboy started to put on the brand. I said to him, “It is    
   So-and-so’s brand,” naming the man on whose range we happened to be. He    
   answered: “That’s all right, boss; I know my business.” In another    
   moment I said to him: “Hold on, you are putting on my brand!” To which    
   he answered: “That’s all right; I always put on the boss’s brand.” I    
   answered: “Oh, very well. Now you go straight back to the ranch and get    
   what is owing to you; I don’t need you any longer.” He jumped up and    
   said: “Why, what’s the matter? I was putting on your brand.” And I    
   answered: “Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me you will steal    
   from me.”   
      
      
      
   Now, the same principle which applies in private life applies also in    
   public life. If a public man tries to get your vote by saying that he    
   will do something wrong in your interest, you can be absolutely certain    
   that if ever it becomes worth his while he will do something wrong    
   against your interest.   
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