Eventually driven from office amid an investigation of suspected extortion, bribery, conspiracy and tax fraud, it was hard to imagine then a more disgusting public servant nor a more appropriate model for what should happen to so many "public servants" today.
You can see why so many civil servants see going on strike as our only option," she said.
And why so many civil servants?
It has been an honor working side by side with so many selfless servants dedicated to helping others.
Then Roosevelt adds this: "Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master".
When so many economists, civil servants and business people believe the same theories and assumptions and employ similar methodologies, those who don't are marginalised.
Sacking people is hard, though, given Nigeria's tough labour laws, feisty unions and the culture of patronage that caused so many substandard civil servants to be hired in the first place.
He is now in a private law practice, having been pushed out of the judiciary, like so many qualified civil servants, by the Shiite-dominated government and replaced, he says, by political party hacks.
Never before in Australian history had so many high-profile public servants, dignitaries and diplomats died in a single tragedy.
Seniority of rank in general often meant an older civil servant, so many could be buffeted by dint of age from the changes.
