Distinguished Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

the ends justifies the means

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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

— Howard Dean

A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.

— Leon Trotsky

The end justifies the means only when the means used are such as actually bring about the desired and desirable end.

— John Dewey

“As though you could use violent, unjust means and achieve peace and justice! Means determine ends; and must be like the ends proposed. Means…

— Aldous Huxley

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

— Leon Trotsky

The end is what you want, the means is how you get it. Whenever we think about social change, the question of means and…

— Saul Alinsky

“The means are inconsequential, only the ends matter”

— Rita Stradling

The ends must justify the means.

— Matthew Prior

In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence. Also, I think that if you use the wrong means, the ends themselves get distorted.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

The means prepare the end, and the end is what the means have made of it.

— John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn