Word: dishonestly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rule, but not always. A man who is honest solely because it is the best business policy is honest only from a broad perception of his own material interest, not from any moral principle. If placed in a position where a dishonest act would yield a profit and could never be discovered, or do him any worldly harm, he would have no reason, drawn from the best policy principle, to shun the dishonest act. That is if he had no sense of an inherent moral motive for being honest...
...students." Every Jew in the University that I know is thoroughly ashamed of the man or men who in the first place gave out these statements, shamelessly slandering the University and four of its most respected officers, and then took refuge in anonymity. The act was in every way dishonest, cowardly, and despicable...
...seems logically sound. Boston people are perfectly aware of these conditions; if they not only tolerate them, but encourage them by electing such men as Peiletier, Tufts, and Curley, they must be "that kind of people" themselves. In other words, they don't choose bad government and dishonest politics because of ignorance, but because they want...
These men were subjected to a temptation that was too much for them. They were beset by a dishonest crew whose members dangled before their eyes the promise of "easy money". In very many instances ball players have resisted such blandishments. They know that crookedness in ball playing cannot long be covered up. The "fans" who crowd the stands in the ball parks are experts in the strategy and the technique of the game. They cannot be fooled in the long run. No dishonest scheme could long escape detention. It is significant in this connection that gossip was busy soon...
...able to do better what we have done before. If we cannot save the League of Nations, let us save the machinery of the league which provides for a gathering of the representatives of the nations to meet to talk things over. Two men, one honesty and one dishonest, may present opposite claims, but if they have to meet in conference, it is impossible to put over unfair and dishonest dealings. So no Harm and a great deal of good could come from these conferences...