The exposure and punishment of public corruption is an honor to a nation, not a disgrace. The shame lies in toleration, not in correction…If we fail to do all that in us lies to stamp out corruption we can not escape our share of responsibility for the guilt. The first requisite of successful self-government is unflinching enforcement of the law and the cutting out of corruption.
–Theodore Roosevelt, State of the Union Adress, December 7, 1903
Mothers Against Unethical Laws (MAUL) 