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