How Much for Your Virtue?

A man once propositioned a woman. "Would you sleep with me for a million dollars?" he asked. "Yes I would", replied the woman. "Would you sleep with me for $10?" "No sir. I would not! What kind of woman do you think I am?" "I think we have already determined that," he answered. "We are simply haggling over the price." There is a lesson here. One does not preserve one's virtue by demanding a higher price for it. Neither does one preserve one's political principles by demanding a higher price for their abandonment.