What would it take for you to compromise your principles?

Recently I heard a statement that went like this. “I don’t think principles matter if you can’t get elected.” Principles form the core of who you are; principles form the foundation of a civil society.

George Washington in his farewell address identified religion and morality as indispensable supports. “In vain would that man claim attribute to patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness”, George Washington said.

It makes me think of a scripture; “What would it profit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his soul?”  What would it profit a candidate to gain an election but lose his principles?