1. Introduction My purpose here is to show how the value of purity (and its related values: chastity, flawlessness, spotlessness, cleanliness, being impeccable, immaculate, etc.) works in politics. The assumption is that once we begin to focus on values, especially those that have not (yet) inspired full-blown philosophical conceptions similar to justice, for instance, and we put aside principles and axioms for a while, then we may gain a more profound insight into the nature of politics and discover that notwithstanding the sharp controversies among champions of various political-theoretical conceptions, there is still a solid ground of common value experiences.