Ends Quote by Saul Alinsky

The most unethical of all means is the non-use of any means.

— Saul Alinsky

The third rule of ethics of means and ends is that in war the end justifies almost any means…

— Saul Alinsky

The seventh rule of the ethics of means and ends is that generally success or failure is a mighty determinant of ethics. The judgment…

— Saul Alinsky

The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics it becomes…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

The principle that the end justifies the means is and remains the only rule of political ethics; anything else is just a vague chatter…

— Arthur Koestler

Ethics is obedience to the unenforceable.

— Baron Moulton John Fletcher Moulton

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

— Leon Trotsky

There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day…

— Albert Camus

One’s concern with the ethics of means and ends varies inversely with one’s personal interest in the issue.

— Saul Alinsky

Ethics is prescriptive and can change behavior, but usually only at the margins.

— Dale Jamieson

When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable.

— Emile Durkheim

Ethics are so annoying. I avoid them on principle.

— Darby Conley