The end justifies the means. Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing to get the right result. — Sebastian Fitzek 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
It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“The faith that justifies gives rise to lives of obedience—not perfection, but growing holiness.” — John Piper Copy Share Image
“If we give ourselves permission to say this death justifies that one, then we truly are lost.” — karen miller Copy Share Image
“When God justifies a sinner everything in God is on the sinner's side.” — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
In dealing with Mr. Nixon, it is not easy to be unfair. He invites and justifies all available criticism. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, 'That person I see is a savage… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As for modern journalism, it is not my business to defend it. It justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
“We are the called according to His purpose, and whom He calls, them He also justifies. Of course we have help, and… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
In the latter case it is often government that organizes the conquest, and religion that justifies it. — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
History justifies whatever we want it to. It teaches absolutely nothing, for it contains everything and gives examples of everything. — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
“In morals the law of competition no more justifies personal, official, or national selfishness or brutality than the law of gravitation justifies… — Vernon Kellogg 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
The pleasurable part of public mourning can also lead to a sense of self-sanctification that justifies in advance any war effort, whether… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
People who lie, particularly those who lie really big, can't do it effectively unless they feel that there's a righteous power behind… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
It is a lie that our anger justifies our impulse to hurt or ignore our antagonists. We are to forgive to be… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
The true test of whether Mr. Obama has improved on the Bush era lies in how his administration justifies its decisions on… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
While the West tries to turn its civilization into cultural variety hour, Islam tries to turn Muslim lands into a cultural monolith.… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
Science fiction rarely is about scientists doing real science, in its slowness, its vagueness, the sort of tedious quality of getting out… — Kim Stanley Robinson 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
“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
“Listen, self: If God is for you, who can be against you? He who did not spare his own Son but gave… — John Piper Copy Share Image
It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism. — Manmohan Singh 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