I'm sure Phineas would have said the same thing if Voldemort had won the war.
Remember that Slytherin house values ambition, cunning, resourcefulness and pure blood heritage. The book also suggests that power-hunger is a characteristic of Slytherins.
JKR also illustrates that not everything is black and white or good and bad. Their are good and bad people in all of the houses. Slytherin has their share of both.
JKR kind of answered this in the webchat the other day:
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Natalie: Are house divisions as prevalaent in harry’s children’s hogwarts as in the previous generations
J.K. Rowling: Slytherin has become diluted. It is no longer the pureblood bastion it once was. Nevertheless, its dark reputation lingers, hence Albus Potter's fears.
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