"To enforce the law, the institutions of justice have to be beyond reproach, " he says.

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Both parties should be concerned about manipulations from the other side, and want their own victories to be beyond reproach.

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"Rather than have to deal with these questions, he just decided he wanted the office to be beyond reproach and return contributions from all plaintiffs' securities firms, " said Mark Dingley, chief of staff to Mr. Caprio.

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"I'm serious when I say their integrity and honesty is, and must be, beyond reproach, " Weaver said.

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If today's citizens are lacking in selfless patriotism, one culprit has to be the absence of leaders beyond moral reproach.

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To be clear, PepsiCo is not beyond reproach.

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