“To some people, it's not the end that justifies the means. It's the process that they're after, (...)” — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The third rule of ethics of means and ends is that in war the end justifies almost any means… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
The end never justifies the means because there is no end; there are only means. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
The end justifies the means. Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing to get the right result. — Sebastian Fitzek Copy Share Image
The end justifies the means only when the means used are such as actually bring about the desired and desirable end. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such… — Aaron Allston Copy Share Image
The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
And don't tell me the end justifies the means because it doesn't. We never reach the end. All we ever get is… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
“Thoughts such as: “the end justifies the means.” “They are not going to realize it” and so many other sayings, reflect how… — Ana Mendez Ferrell Copy Share Image
The principle that the end justifies the means is and remains the only rule of political ethics; anything else is just a… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
You think the end justifies the means, however vile. I tell you: the end is the means by which you achieve it.… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
If it's anything that's going to result in suffering to animals or people, then I don't think [the end] justifies the means...… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Too soon we breast the tape and too late we realize the fun lay in the running. We deny that the end… — Walt Kelly Copy Share Image
Your policy should be a mixture between your interests and how you reach your ends, but based on values. It cannot be… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a person's belief that he belongs to the "remnant church," and possesses "the truth" can lead him to act in ways… — Desmond Ford Copy Share Image
“The war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
“But don't they say that all is fair in love and war? I heard that somewhere." "'They?' Who are 'they?'" "I don't… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“It was quiet in the cell. Rubashov heard only the creaking of his steps on the tiles. Six and a half steps… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“It is my belief that the sentence "The end justifies the means"—that suppression, repression, and/or murder become somehow acceptable if committed in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a world where success is the measure and justification of all things the figure of Him who was sentenced and crucified… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“It was a mistake in the system; perhaps it lay in the precept which until now he had held to be uncontestable,… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“the end justifies the means. But the end and the means are one. And if the means did not contribute to human… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image