Word: dishonestly
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...next man in municipal politics must be one who is well versed in the facts of government. Under the present system is it easier for a man to be dishonest than honest; thus a new system is needed by which instead of making it difficult to be honest, a stimulus is added to act honestly...
...conclusion, Dr. Allen said that although under the present system few but the dishonest have a chance, there is a wide field of work for the honest man, who will eliminate the consideration of personalities, and will be interested in governmental facts...
...public, which, after all, is stronger than any of its parts, will not long permit two factions to stop industry. Compulsion, which must come from the government, must finally be used to bring the two parties to terms. The conflict, therefore, immediately becomes a political affair in which dishonest means are often used to win the favor of the officers of the law. To conciliate these two great industrial forces of labor and capital, organized as monopolies with a perfection never before reached, is a momentous problem which will well serve as the test of a democracy...
...opponents of the plan have been proceeding on the supposition then that the five members of the Faculty proposed as stockholders are either incompetent or dishonest, or both. They suggest vague misfortunes which are likely to overwhelm the Society as soon as the stockholders get control. But they do not point to any specific harm that is likely to befall, and if they stop to think a moment, they will see how absurd such a supposition is. Is it conceivable that members of the Faculty, who are legally bound by the conditions on which they receive their stock...
...bribery for protection against adverse legislation. The claim is made that such vote-buying has become indispensable to the safety of large corporate interests. Of course, honest primaries would do away with this evil; yet for every man bought there must be a buyer, and on is just as dishonest as the other...