Quote of the Day

By far, the most effective way for government to prevent ethical and legal abuses within its ranks is not to focus myopically on individual instances of wrongdoing as they occur, but to imbue one’s workforce with an affirmative, all-permeating sense of integrity -- to shine a light of excellence that dispels the shadows from which malfeasance sprouts.

--Interior Department Inspector General Earl Devaney and Chris Martinez, a member of his staff, in "Stopping the Buck," an essay in the Spring/Summer 2007 edition of the Journal of Public Inquiry.

(Hat tip: IEC Journal.)