[T]he end cannot justify the means; but if there are no…

“The end must justify the means.”

— Matthew Prior

“The end cannot justify the means, for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced.”

— Aldous Huxley

The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.

— Leon Trotsky

Money is both a means and a means to an end.

— Emme

“the end justifies the means. But the end and the means are one. And if the means did not contribute to human happiness, neither…

— Eckhart Tolle

Does the end justify the means? That is possible. But what will justify the end? To that question, which historical thought leaves pending, rebellion…

— Albert Camus

Does the end justify the means? Or should it be, Do the ends justify the mean; do the extremes justify moderation?

— Daniel N. Robinson

If the end does not justify the means - what can?

— Edward Abbey

the ends never justify the means because IT never ends.

— Martha Gellhorn

To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed.

— John Calvin

The end doesn't justify the means.

— Anonymous

I think in general the ends do not justify the means.

— Howard Dean

The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

If a word means everything, then in means nothing.

— Thomas Sowell

“If it means something to you,then take it to heart. If it means nothing, it means nothing, let it go.”

— Philippa Gregory