“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
Ahmed Shawqi war ein ägyptischer Dichter. Er gilt als ein Wegbereiter der modernen arabischen Lyrik. Wikipedia

“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