Word: uprighteously
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...government truly representative of the popular will, honest elections, adequate inducement to make capable men offer themselves for the government of the nation, and a method a fixing responsibility. To this should be added an honest and independent judiciary, an adequate system of checks and balances, a capable and upright civil service, and provisions for the stability of the government...
...watch the count of the vote after it has been cast in order to make sure that it is honest. Mr. Cosby then described the career of several well-known New York politicians and showed that such men can be defeated only by the increasing efforts of upright men. The help of all honest men is needed in politics when public life has become so degraded that it is necessary to argue with men on questions of the merest honesty and decency as was the case in New York...
...case of cities, has brought forward problems for the educated man to solve. He then showed that the great size of New York makes the combat against evil particularly interesting. Mr. Hinrichs then narrated the history of Brooklyn politics since 1881, as a good example of how upright men with high ideals have succeeded. He told how Mr. Low, a practically unknown man, became mayor of Brooklyn twice, although the city was normally of the opposite political party. After describing the course of politics there until its consolidation with Greater New York in 1897, the speaker described...
...Steadfast, upright, of strong and high endeavor...
Winthrop Murray Crane, "Sagacious man of business, upright public servant, worthy to lead and represent Massachusetts...