Decadence

Politics have no relation to morals.

Niccolo Machiavelli

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

Vladimir Lenin

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

Herbert Hoover

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

Theodore Roosevelt