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From: Athos Porthos and Aramis 
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Subject: From the speech, Citizenship in a Republic, 1910
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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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