In the middle ages, almost everything was a matter of honor. Though today almost everything is a matter of money, around the last years of XVIII century, some french people started to claim ideals like "liberty, equality, fraternity". Later on, ideals like equality and justice influenced, moreless, socialism and communism, while in countries like U.S.A. it's usually heard about liberty or freedom. Here and there people belief in certain kind of utopia.
What do you think about ideals? Do you think they are somehow important, (politically, for instance)? Which ideals do you prefer and why?