“Nations are nothing but morals: If their morals disappear, they disappear.”
Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932) Egyptian poet and dramatist
https://www.aldiwan.net/poem7890.html <br class="br">Original: (sd) وَإِنَّمَا الْأُمَمُ الْأَخْلَاقُ مَا بَقِيَتْ / فَإِنْ هُمُ ذَهَبَتْ أَخْلَاقُهُمْ ذَهَبُوا